Meaning of the nameMyrian

Myrian is a spelling of the name Mirian.

Meaning

The meaning of Myrian is not known for certain. No reliable source documents it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

People (2022): 1,893
Rank in Brazil: #5,287
Median age: 54 years
2010 Census: 1,331; people

Myrian in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Myrian, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1960s (335 people).

1,882 women 0 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Myrian is most common

States with the highest share of people named Myrian in the population, in the 2022 Census.

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	492	0.001%
Minas Gerais	314	0.002%
Rio de Janeiro	291	0.002%
Paraná	89	0.001%
Pernambuco	59	0.001%
Goiás	56	0.001%
Maranhão	55	0.001%
Pará	54	0.001%
Rio Grande do Sul	52	0.001%
Bahia	51	0.000%
Distrito Federal	44	0.002%
Santa Catarina	43	0.001%
Ceará	41	0.001%
Espírito Santo	35	0.001%
Mato Grosso	31	0.001%
Amazonas	28	0.001%
Paraíba	28	0.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul	24	0.001%
Alagoas	22	0.001%
Sergipe	22	0.001%
Rio Grande do Norte	17	0.001%
Piauí	16	0.001%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

The spelling Myrian

Uses Y in place of the first I of Mirian; proportionally, it appears most in Rio de Janeiro.

About the name Mirian

Wiktionary records Miriam in Portuguese as a borrowing of the Hebrew מִרְיָם and a divergent form of Maria; the spelling Mirian appears in the Spanish Wiktionary as an equivalent of Miriam. Behind the Name treats Miriam as the form of Maria used in the Old Testament, where it is the name of the sister of Moses and Aaron, and gives the etymology as uncertain. Among the hypotheses that Behind the Name lists for the Hebrew Miryam are 'sea of bitterness', 'rebellion' and 'wished-for child', as well as a possible Egyptian origin linked to 'beloved'; Wiktionary cites the Aramaic 'bitter' as a possibility. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 117,937 people named Mirian, with a median age of 40.

Other spellings of Mirian

Spelling	People (2022)
Mirian	117,937
Myrian	1,893

Sources

Wiktionary: Miriam · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Behind the Name: Miriam · behindthename.com · origin
Behind the Name: Mary · behindthename.com · origin
Wiktionary: Mirian · en.wiktionary.org · spelling

Questions about the name Myrian

What does the name Myrian mean?

The meaning of Myrian is not known for certain: no reliable source documents it. So we give no meaning; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

How many people are named Myrian in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,893 people with the first name Myrian, which ranks it number 5,287 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

Is Myrian a boy's or a girl's name?

Myrian is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,882 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Myrian?

Myrian is a name of Hebrew origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Myrian most common?

Proportionally, in Rio de Janeiro: 0.002% of the state's population is named Myrian (291 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Myrian?

Mirian. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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