Miranda

See also: miranda and Mirandą

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɪˈɹændə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ændə

Etymology 1

Miranda as the ice-covered moon of planet Uranus

Coined by William Shakespeare for a character in The Tempest; feminine of Latin mirandus (“admirable”).

Proper noun

Miranda (countable and uncountable, plural Mirandas)

1. (countable) A female given name originating as a coinage [in turn from Latin].
   • ~1611 William Shakespeare: The Tempest: Act III, Scene I:

     Admir'd Miranda!

     Indeed, the top of admiration; worth

     What's dearest in the world!

   • 2025 June 24, John Raby, “A West Virginia parent sues seeking a religious exemption from required school vaccinations”, in AP News‎^[1]:

     Miranda Guzman alleges that the state’s vaccine mandate violates a 2023 West Virginia law that stipulates the government would not be able to “substantially burden” someone’s constitutional right to freedom of religion unless doing so “is essential to further a compelling governmental interest.”

2. (astronomy) One of the moons of the planet of Uranus.
   • 1989, Grant Naylor, Red Dwarf: Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers:

     When Red Dwarf had stopped for supplies at Miranda, he'd spent the last afternoon of his three-day ship leave and all his wages buying the smallest, healthiest animal with the best pedigree he could find.

   • 1990 August, Bradford A. Smith, “Voyage of the Century”, in National Geographic, volume 178, number 2, page 63:

     A patchwork of cratered terrain and younger, complex formations, Miranda may have been repeatedly shattered by collisions and reassembled by gravity.

3. A census-designated place in Humboldt County, California, United States.
4. A suburb of Sydney in the Sutherland council area, New South Wales, Australia.

Derived terms

• Miranda de Ebro
• Mirandan
• Mirandian

Translations

female name

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 米蘭達 / 米兰达 (Mǐlándá)

• Marathi: मिरांडा (mirāṇḍā)
• Portuguese: Miranda (pt) f
• Russian: Мира́нда (ru) f (Miránda)

moon of Uranus

• Dutch: Miranda (nl) f
• French: Miranda (fr)
• German: Miranda m
• Italian: Miranda (it) m
• Japanese: ミランダ (ja) (Miranda)
• Korean: 미란다 (Miranda)
• Marathi: मिरांडा (mirāṇḍā)
• Polish: Miranda (pl) f
• Portuguese: Miranda (pt) f
• Russian: Мира́нда (ru) f (Miránda)
• Spanish: Miranda (es)

Etymology 2

From the Romance (Spanish, Portuguese, Italian habitational surname) Miranda.

The common noun and verb are after the case Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436 (1966), after Ernesto Miranda.

Proper noun

Miranda (countable and uncountable, plural Mirandas)

1. A surname from the Romance languages.
   1. A surname from Spanish.
   2. A surname from Portuguese.
   3. A surname from Italian.
2. A place name:
   1. One of 23 states in Venezuela. Capital: Los Teques. Named after Francisco de Miranda.
   2. A town and municipality in Carabobo state, Venezuela.
   3. A municipality in Falcón state, Venezuela.
   4. A municipality in Mérida state, Venezuela.

Noun

Miranda

1. (law enforcement) A Miranda warning.

Derived terms

• Miranda card
• Miranda right
• Miranda rule
• Miranda warning
• Mirandize

Verb

Miranda (third-person singular simple present Mirandas, present participle Mirandaing, simple past and past participle Mirandaed)

1. (transitive) To read (somebody) their rights on arrest as set out in Miranda v. Arizona.

   Has the suspect been Mirandaed?

Anagrams

• Arminda, madrina

Asturian

Alternative forms

• Md (initialism)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miˈɾanda/ [miˈɾãn̪.d̪a]
• Rhymes: -anda
• Syllabification: Mi‧ran‧da

Proper noun

Miranda ?

1. Belmonte de Miranda (a municipality in western Asturias)

Related terms

• mirandés
• mirandín

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [miˈɾan.də]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [miˈɾan.da]

Proper noun

Miranda f

1. Miranda

Cebuano

Etymology 1

From English Miranda.

Proper noun

Miranda

1. a male given name from English [in turn from Latin]
2. Miranda; one of the moons of Uranus

Noun

Miranda

1. (colloquial) a Miranda warning

Etymology 2

From Spanish Miranda.

Proper noun

Miranda

1. a surname from Spanish

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English Miranda, based on Latin miranda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌmiˈrɑn.daː/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Mi‧ran‧da

Proper noun

Miranda f

1. Miranda

Italian

Etymology

From Latin mīranda, feminine declension of mīrandus (“which is to be wondered at”), perhaps in relation to a strategic viewpoint.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miˈran.da/
• Rhymes: -anda
• Hyphenation: Mi‧ràn‧da

Proper noun

Miranda f

1. a village in the province of Isernia, Molise, Italy

Derived terms

• mirandese

Proper noun

Miranda m or f by sense

1. a surname transferred from the place name

Further reading

• Stefano Ravara (2015–2026), Mappa dei Cognomi‎^[2]

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Miranda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miˈran.da/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -anda
• Syllabification: Mi‧ran‧da

Proper noun

Miranda f

1. (astronomy) Miranda (one of the moons of Uranus)

Declension

Declension of Miranda

	singular	plural
nominative	Miranda	Mirandy
genitive	Mirandy	Mirand
dative	Mirandzie	Mirandom
accusative	Mirandę	Mirandy
instrumental	Mirandą	Mirandami
locative	Mirandzie	Mirandach
vocative	Mirando	Mirandy

See also

Solar System in Polish · Układ Słoneczny (layout · text)
Star	Słońce
IAU planets and notable dwarf planets	Merkury	Wenus	Ziemia	Mars	Ceres	Jowisz	Saturn	Uran	Neptun	Pluton	—
Notable moons	—	—	Księżyc	Fobos Deimos	—	Io Europa Ganimedes Kallisto	Mimas Enceladus Tetyda Dione Rea Tytan Japet	Miranda Ariel Umbriel Tytania Oberon	Tryton	Charon	—

Further reading

• Miranda in PWN's encyclopedia

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /miˈɾɐ̃.dɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /miˈɾɐ̃.dɐ/
  • (Gaúcho) IPA^(key): /miˈɾɐ̃.da/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /miˈɾɐ̃.dɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃dɐ
• Hyphenation: Mi‧ran‧da

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin miranda.

Proper noun

Miranda f

1. a toponym, indicating the presence of a watchtower or belvedere
   1. a parish of Arcos de Valdevez, district of Viana do Castelo, Portugal

Derived terms

• Miranda do Corvo
• Miranda do Douro

Related terms

• Mirandela
• mirandelense
• mirandense
• mirandês
• Mirante

Proper noun

Miranda m or f

1. a surname transferred from the place name

Derived terms

• mirandino

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Miranda f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Miranda
2. Miranda (moon of Uranus)

Further reading

• “Miranda”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Toponímia (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miˈɾanda/ [miˈɾãn̪.d̪a]
• Rhymes: -anda
• Syllabification: Mi‧ran‧da

Proper noun

Miranda m or f by sense

1. a surname

Descendants

• → Cebuano: Miranda
• → Tagalog: Miranda

Proper noun

Miranda ?

1. a state of Venezuela

Derived terms

• mirandino

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Miranda.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /miˈɾanda/ [mɪˈɾan̪.d̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -anda
• Syllabification: Mi‧ran‧da

Proper noun

Miranda (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜇᜈ᜔ᜇ)

1. a surname from Spanish, notably the surname of:

   Chito Miranda, songwriter and lead singer of the rock band Parokya ni Edgar

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Miranda is the 23^rd most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 141,651 individuals.

Turkish

Proper noun

Miranda

1. (astronomy) Miranda

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɪˈranda/

Proper noun

Miranda m

1. a female given name
2. (astronomy) Miranda (a moon of Uranus)

See also

Solar System in Welsh · Cysawd yr Haul (layout · text)
Star	yr Haul
IAU planets and notable dwarf planets	Mercher	Gwener	y Ddaear	Mawrth	Ceres	Iau	Sadwrn	Wranws	Neifion	Plwton	Eris
Notable moons	—	—	y Lleuad	Phobos Deimos	—	Io Ewropa Ganymede Callisto	Mimas Enceladws Tethys Dione Rhea Titan Iapetws	Miranda Ariel Umbriel Titania Oberon	Triton	Charon	Dysnomia

Mutation

Mutated forms of Miranda

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
Miranda	Firanda	unchanged	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

Heini Gruffudd (2010), Enwau Cymraeg i Blant / Welsh Names for Children‎^[3], Y Lolfa, →ISBN, page 20 of 192