Mira
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from India. * Borrowed from Hindi मीरा (mīrā), name of a 16th century Indian poetess, also affectionately called Mirabai. * As occasionally borne by anglophones in the West, the name may also be borrowed from Slavic, or be a short form of Miranda.
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Mira (CC BY-SA 4.0). This is the origin of the name in English; families in Sweden may have taken it from another language.
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Mira has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2008. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 25 |
| 1999 | 28 |
| 2000 | 43 |
| 2001 | 50 |
| 2002 | 56 |
| 2003 | 84 |
| 2004 | 112 |
| 2005 | 135 |
| 2006 | 141 |
| 2007 | 191 |
| 2008 | 209 |
| 2009 | 207 |
| 2010 | 172 |
| 2011 | 161 |
| 2012 | 157 |
| 2013 | 164 |
| 2014 | 158 |
| 2015 | 157 |
| 2016 | 134 |
| 2017 | 145 |
| 2018 | 142 |
| 2019 | 135 |
| 2020 | 151 |
| 2021 | 196 |
| 2022 | 173 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 707 |
| 2000 | 755 |
| 2001 | 814 |
| 2002 | 869 |
| 2003 | 953 |
| 2004 | 1,062 |
| 2005 | 1,191 |
| 2006 | 1,338 |
| 2007 | 1,542 |
| 2008 | 1,756 |
| 2009 | 1,970 |
| 2010 | 2,147 |
| 2011 | 2,304 |
| 2012 | 2,489 |
| 2013 | 2,664 |
| 2014 | 2,835 |
| 2015 | 3,016 |
| 2016 | 3,182 |
| 2017 | 3,335 |
| 2018 | 3,496 |
| 2019 | 3,641 |
| 2020 | 3,807 |
Mira in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Mira.Hi! My name is Mira.
- Mira har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Mira has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Jag ska fika med Mira i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Mira this afternoon.
- Miras mamma är lärare.Mira's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Miras mamma is Mira's mum.
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Questions about Mira
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What does the name Mira mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from India. * Borrowed from Hindi मीरा (mīrā), name of a 16th century Indian poetess, also affectionately called Mirabai. * As occasionally borne by anglophones in the West, the name may also be borrowed from Slavic, or be a short form of Miranda.
How popular is Mira in Sweden?
173 babies were named Mira in 2022. In 2020, 3,807 people in Sweden had Mira as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2008 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.