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Mirjam

Female#773 most common in Croatia451 people in Croatia
Meaning:
Beloved; wished-for child
Origin:
Hebrew

About the name Mirjam

Hebrew form of Miriam/Mary; Miriam was the sister of Moses.

Popularity with newborns

Mirjam 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

451 people in Croatia are called Mirjam, according to the 2021 census. That is #773 among all the names in Imenko.

Where the name is found

Mirjam is recorded in 9 of Croatia's 21 counties.

Brodsko-posavskaGrad ZagrebIstarskaOsječko-baranjskaPrimorsko-goranskaSplitsko-dalmatinskaVukovarsko-srijemskaZadarskaZagrebačka

Characteristics

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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.