Miranda
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name originating as a coinage [in turn from Latin]. Coined by William Shakespeare for a character in The Tempest; feminine of Latin mirandus (“admirable”).
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Miranda (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, Miranda has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2006. 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 | 79 |
| 1999 | 88 |
| 2000 | 83 |
| 2001 | 106 |
| 2002 | 96 |
| 2003 | 139 |
| 2004 | 94 |
| 2005 | 123 |
| 2006 | 152 |
| 2007 | 139 |
| 2008 | 146 |
| 2009 | 123 |
| 2010 | 124 |
| 2011 | 111 |
| 2012 | 88 |
| 2013 | 96 |
| 2014 | 89 |
| 2015 | 87 |
| 2016 | 85 |
| 2017 | 60 |
| 2018 | 56 |
| 2019 | 62 |
| 2020 | 39 |
| 2021 | 45 |
| 2022 | 40 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 786 |
| 2000 | 865 |
| 2001 | 979 |
| 2002 | 1,083 |
| 2003 | 1,220 |
| 2004 | 1,315 |
| 2005 | 1,429 |
| 2006 | 1,581 |
| 2007 | 1,725 |
| 2008 | 1,881 |
| 2009 | 2,010 |
| 2010 | 2,136 |
| 2011 | 2,252 |
| 2012 | 2,354 |
| 2013 | 2,452 |
| 2014 | 2,548 |
| 2015 | 2,636 |
| 2016 | 2,725 |
| 2017 | 2,790 |
| 2018 | 2,845 |
| 2019 | 2,911 |
| 2020 | 2,967 |
Miranda in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Miranda.Hi! My name is Miranda.
- Miranda bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Miranda lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Jag ska fika med Miranda i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Miranda this afternoon.
- Mirandas mamma är lärare.Miranda's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Mirandas mamma is Miranda's mum.
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Questions about Miranda
How do you pronounce Miranda in Swedish?
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What does the name Miranda mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name originating as a coinage [in turn from Latin]. Coined by William Shakespeare for a character in The Tempest; feminine of Latin mirandus (“admirable”).
How popular is Miranda in Sweden?
40 babies were named Miranda in 2022. In 2020, 2,967 people in Sweden had Miranda as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 2006 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.