Maranda

A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning admirable, worthy of admiration; form of miranda.

Babies a year
15
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Maranda by the numbers

Maranda was given to 15 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 616 babies in 1994, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Maranda. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Mirandaadmirable or worthy of admiration934 in the US (2017)
  • Myrandaadmirable; a form of Miranda11 in the US (2017)
  • Meranda
  • Marianaof the sea; feminine form of Marius1,084 in the US (2017)
  • Marinaof the sea68 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Mariannaof the sea; a form of Marian370 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean honour

Like Maranda, each of these has honour in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Aryanoble; honorable; aryan2,201 in the US (2017)
  • Amandaworthy of love; fit to be loved954 in the US (2017)
  • Antoniapriceless; worthy of praise91 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Aryananoble or honorable; a form of Ariana206 in the US (2017)
  • Honorhonor, integrity, virtue203 in the US (2017)
  • Aaryanoble, honorable; respelling of Arya56 in England and Wales (2025)

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