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Mirjam

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Usage

Finland Finnish
Sweden Swedish
Norway Norwegian
Denmark Danish
Iceland Icelandic
Faroe Islands Faroese

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Origin and Meaning

Latin spelling of the Hebrew name מִרְיָם (Miryam) of uncertain origin and meaning [1]

Theories include:

1) Egyptian mry = 'beloved' [2] [3] [4]

2) Egyptian mr = 'love' [3]

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3) Hebrew mrh = 'corpulent' [2] [5] [6] [4]

4) Hebrew mirjám = 'rebellious', 'defiant' [7] [2]

5) Hebrew miryam = 'seeress', 'woman' [8] [9]

6) Hebrew ma-râma = 'whished-for child' [10] [11] [12] [4]

7) Hebrew merî = 'rebellion' [10] [12]

8) Hebrew 'bitter, sad' [6]

Related Names

Miriam ♀
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Miriem ♀
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Mirijam ♀
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Mirjam ♀
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Danish Faroese Finish Icelandic Norwegian Swedish
Mirjami ♀
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Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Finish Swedish
Miryam ♀
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Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Danish Finish Norwegian Swedish
Myriam ♀
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Myríam ♀ Icelandic
Myryam ♀
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 Swedish

See also: Maria, Mariam, Mira, Mireio, Miri, Mirian, Mirja, Mirjana, Mirkka, Mirle, Mirva

Matronyms [What's That?]

Male

Mirjamarson Faroe Islands Iceland

Female

Mirjamardóttir Faroe Islands Iceland

Grammar

Denmark - Danish
Nominative: Mirjam
Genitive: Mirjams
Faroe Islands - Faroese
Nominative: Mirjam
Accusative: Mirjam
Dative: Mirjam
Genitive: Mirjamar
Finland - Finnish
Nominative: Mirjam
Genitive: Mirjamin
Partitive: Mirjamia
Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Mirjam
Accusative: Mirjam
Dative: Mirjam
Genitive: Mirjamar
Norway - Norwegian
Nominative: Mirjam
Genitive: Mirjams
Sweden - Swedish
Nominative: Mirjam
Genitive: Mirjams

Name Days

Faroe Islands Faroe Islands

5 July

Norway Norway

5 July

Finland (Swedish Language)Finland (Swedish Language) Finland (Swedish Language)

30 April

Sweden Sweden

1 July

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Strongest Period of Usage

Bible

  • Mirjam and Aron were sister and brother of Moses in the Old Testament

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country
Commonness
Commonness
Total Female ♀ Male ♂
as
main
name#		also
middle
name&		as
main
name#		also
middle
name&		as
main
name#		also
middle
name&
Finland Finland[15]
n.a.
 26807
n.a.
 26801
n.a.
 6
Sweden Sweden[16]
1237 2812 1237 2812 0 0
Denmark Denmark[17]
246
n.a.
 246
n.a.
 0
n.a.
Iceland Iceland[18]
6 11
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Norway Norway[19]
483
n.a.
 483
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Greenland Greenland[20]
0 0
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published
for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent Statistics Trend

Name statistics for Mirjam (f) Sources: [16][17][19][15]

Top List Ranking

Name top list ranking for Mirjam (f) Sources: [21]


References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Mike Campbell: Behind the name http://www.behindthename.com
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
  5. ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Adrian Room: Brewer's Dictionary of Names (1992)
  7. ↑ Friedrich Wilhelm Weitershaus: Das große Vornamenlexikon (1998)
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Michael Lerche Nielsen: Hvad skal barnet hedde? (2003)
  9. ↑ Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 E. G. Withycombe: The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names (1977)
  11. ↑ Kustaa Vilkuna: Etunimet (1990)
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
  13. ↑ Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
  14. ↑ Málráðið: Góðkend fólkanøvn, http://www.malrad.fo/ (Name List by Faroese Language Board)
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  18. ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  20. ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
  21. ↑ details see Name Statistic tables
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