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Feminine
Italian
Meaning & History
Etymology
Miriana is an Italian variant of Miriam, which itself is a form of Mary as used in the Old Testament. The name Miriam appears in the Bible as the elder sister of Moses and Aaron, who famously watched over the infant Moses after he was placed in the Nile. The name has Jewish roots and gained popularity as a Christian name following the Protestant Reformation, often used alongside the English form Mary.
Notable Bearers
The name Miriana is also the name of a yacht, formerly the Bangor-class minesweeper HMCS Noranda, which served in the Royal Canadian Navy during World War II. After the war, she was converted into a yacht and renamed Miriana in 1962.
- Meaning: Italian variant of Miriam
- Origin: Hebrew, via Italian
- Type: Given name
- Usage Regions: Italy
Related Names
Other Languages & Cultures
(Afrikaans)
Marietjie (Swedish)
Marie (Malay)
Mariam (Urdu)
Maryam (Arabic (Maghrebi))
Mariem, Meriem (Welsh)
Mari 1 (Ukrainian)
Maria (Spanish)
Marieta (Greek)
Meri 2 (Azerbaijani)
Məryəm (Bashkir)
Märyäm (Basque)
Maddi (Estonian)
Maia 3 (Basque)
Miren (Ukrainian)
Mariya (Belarusian)
Maryia (English)
Mary (Swedish)
Miriam (Spanish)
Miryam (Bosnian)
Merjem, Merjema (Norwegian)
Mai 3 (Spanish)
Mariela (Ukrainian)
Mariyka (Catalan)
Mariona, Ona 2 (Swedish)
Maja 2 (Serbian)
Mara 2 (Slovene)
Mare, Marica, Marija (Croatian)
Marijeta (Slovene)
Maša (Swedish)
Mia, Marika (Czech)
Máša (Norwegian)
Maiken (Swedish)
Maj 2, Majken (Norwegian)
Maren, Mie (Urdu)
Mariyam (Dutch)
Jet, Maaike (French)
Manon (Dutch)
Marieke, Mariëlle, Mariëtte, Marije, Marijke, Marijse, Marike (German)
Marion 1 (Hungarian)
Mariska (Spanish)
Marita 1 (Sorbian)
Marja (Finnish)
Marjo 1 (German)
Meike (Dutch)
Mieke, Miep, Mies (Slovene)
Mirjam (German)
Ria (English)
Mae, Maleah (Hawaiian)
Malia (English)
Maliyah, Mamie, Maree, Mariah, Marinda (Irish)
Maura 2 (English)
May, Mimi (Scottish)
Moira (English (African))
Mirriam (Spanish (Philippines))
Mariel (Finnish)
Maarika (Estonian)
Maarja, Maie, Mall, Malle 1, Maris 1 (Finnish)
Marje 2 (Estonian)
Marju (Maori)
Mere (Slovak)
Miriama (Finnish)
Maaria (Latvian)
Maija (Finnish)
Maila, Maritta, Marjatta, Marjukka, Marjut, Meeri, Miia, Mirja, Mirjami, Mirka 2 (French)
Marielle, Mariette, Marise, Maryse, Myriam (German)
Maike, Mareike (Spanish)
María (Galician)
Maruxa (German)
Malea, Mariele (Polish)
Marietta (German)
Mitzi (Hausa)
Maryamu (Hebrew)
Miri (History)
Mariamne (Slovak)
Mária (Icelandic)
Mæja (Irish)
Máire, Máirín, Maureen (Scottish)
Moyra (Irish)
Muire (Kazakh)
Märiyam (Latvian)
Māra, Mārīte (Lithuanian)
Marytė (Manx)
Moirrey, Voirrey (Medieval English)
Malle 2, Molle (Polish)
Mariola 1, Maryla, Marysia, Marzena (Portuguese)
Mariana, Mariane, Mariazinha (Romanian)
Maricica, Marioara, Mioara (Russian)
Manya (Ukrainian)
Mariia, Marusya (Russian)
Marya, Masha, Miya (Sami)
Márjá (Tongan)
Mele (Scottish)
Mhairi (Scottish Gaelic)
Màiri, Moire (Slovene)
Manca, Manja, Maruša, Mija (Somali)
Maryan (Spanish)
Mía, Míriam, Mirian 1 (Spanish (Latin American))
Marely, Maritza (Swahili)
Mariamu (Swedish)
My (Tatar)
Märyam (Uyghur)
Meryem (Walloon)
Mareye (Welsh)
Mair (Western African)
Mariama (Yiddish)
Mirele
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Sources: Wikipedia — HMCS Noranda