Mirren
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 8 babies a year in England and Wales.
Mirren by the numbers
In 2025, 8 babies in England and Wales were named Mirren. In the US, 13 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
What we can tell you about Mirren
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Mirren. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Marren8 in the US (2017)
- Marenof the sea; feminine form of Marinus463 in the US (2017)
- Merrynhigh; exalted; a form of Merin or Meryn34 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mirramyrrh resin; a form of Myra24 in the US (2017)
- Mirianof the sea; form of Miriam23 in the US (2017)
- Morgenmorning or sea-born; variant of Morgan12 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Mirren
Names that are said the same way as Mirren, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Myreen8 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Mirren
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