Miriam
Female#1042 most common in Croatia224 people in Croatia
- Meaning:
- Beloved; wished-for child
- Origin:
- Hebrew
About the name Miriam
Original Hebrew form of Mary; Miriam was the sister of Moses.
Popularity with newborns
Miriam has not appeared on the annual list of the most popular newborn names. That list covers the 50 most common names for each sex, so the name was given to fewer children than the 50th name of the year — not to none.
People with this name in Croatia
224 people in Croatia are called Miriam, according to the 2021 census. That is #1042 among all the names in Imenko.
Where the name is found
Miriam is recorded in 8 of Croatia's 21 counties.
Grad ZagrebIstarskaOsječko-baranjskaPrimorsko-goranskaSplitsko-dalmatinskaVukovarsko-srijemskaZadarskaZagrebačka
Sources
Counts of people living in Croatia come from the Croatian Bureau of Statistics' 2021 census, which suppresses any figure below 10. Yearly birth figures come from its annual list of the most popular newborn names. Meaning, origin, name day and nicknames are curated by Imenko.