Miranda (name)
Miranda is a female first name and a family name , also an artist name and the name of a literary figure.
Origin and meaning
The name comes from Latin and means the admirable (literally the one to be admired).
Name bearer
First name
- Miranda Barbour (* 1994/95), American serial killer
- Miranda Bonansea (1926-2019), Italian child actress and voice actress
- Miranda Campa (1914–1989), Italian actress
- Miranda Cosgrove (* 1993), American actress
- Miranda J. Fox (* 1989), German writer
- Miranda Frigon (* 1980), Canadian actress, singer and songwriter
- Miranda Garrison (* 1950), American dancer, choreographer and actress
- Miranda Graf (* 1969), Swiss mini-golfer
- Miranda Hart (* 1972), English actress, writer and stand-up cabaret artist
- Miranda July (* 1974), American multimedia artist
- Miranda Kerr (* 1983), Australian photo model
- Miranda Lambert (* 1983), American singer
- Miranda Leonhardt (* 1975), German actress, see Mimi Fiedler
- Miranda May (* 1996), American actress
- Miranda Mikadze (* 1989), Georgian chess player
- Miranda Otto (* 1967), Australian actress
- Miranda Raison (* 1977), British film and stage actress
- Miranda Ranieri (* 1986), Canadian squash player
- Miranda Lee Richards (* 1975), American singer-songwriter
- Miranda Richardson (born 1958), British actress
- Miranda Schmidt-Robben (* 1986), Dutch handball player
- Miranda Schreurs (* 1963), American political scientist
- Miranda Seymour (* 1948), British literary scholar, author and biographer
- Miranda Stewart (born 1954), British Hispanist
family name
A.
- Adauctus Aurélio de Miranda Henriques (1855–1935), Brazilian clergyman, Archbishop of Paraíba
- Ademar Miranda Júnior (1941-2001), Brazilian football player
- Adriana Miranda (* 1979), Cape Verdean football player
- Agustín Miranda (* 1992), Uruguayan football player
- Aida Miranda (* 1959), Puerto Rican softball player
- Alfonso Gerardo Miranda Guardiola (* 1966), Mexican clergyman, auxiliary bishop in Monterrey
- Álvaro Affonso de Miranda Neto ( Doda ; * 1973), Brazilian show jumper
- Armando Miranda (1939–1980), Brazilian soccer player
- Armando de Miranda (1904–1971), Portuguese journalist and film director
- Ana Miranda (writer) (* 1951), Brazilian writer
- Ana Miranda De Lage (* 1946), Spanish politician (PSOE)
- Ana Miranda Paz (* 1971), Spanish politician (BNG)
- Ana-Maria Miranda (* 1937), French singer (soprano)
- Antônio Afonso de Miranda (* 1920), Brazilian clergyman, Bishop of Bragança do Pará
- Arturo Miranda (marksman) , Uruguayan marksman
- Arturo Miranda (water diver) (* 1971), Cuban-Canadian water diver
- Athina Onassis de Miranda (* 1985), Greek show jumper, granddaughter and heiress of Aristoteles Onassis, see Athina Onassis
- Aurora Miranda (1915–2005), Brazilian singer and actress
B.
- Bruno da Mota Miranda (* 1995), Brazilian soccer player
C.
- Carlo Miranda (1912–1982), Italian mathematician
- Carlos Miranda (* 1954), Puerto Rican judoka
- Carlos Miranda y Elío (* 1943), Spanish diplomat
- Carmen Miranda (1909–1955), Brazilian singer and actress
- Carmen Miranda Martínez (* 1971), Spanish volleyball player
- Carol Miranda (* 1988), Brazilian singer
- César Miranda (1884–1962), Uruguayan politician and writer
- Claudio Miranda , Chilean cameraman
- Clifford Miranda (* 1982), Indian soccer player
- Constancio Miranda Weckmann (* 1952), Mexican clergyman, Archbishop of Chihuahua
- Constantino Miranda (1925–1999), Spanish athlete
- Cuca Miranda (* 1989), Cape Verdean football player
- Cyril Miranda (* 1985), French cross-country skier
D.
- Danny Miranda (musician) (born 1964), American bass player
- Danny Miranda (baseball player) ( Danny Miranda Agramonte ; * 1978), Cuban baseball player
- Darío Miranda (1947–2012), Mexican football goalkeeper
- David Miranda (cyclist) ( David Arnulfo Miranda ; * 1942), Salvadoran cyclist
- David Miranda (politician) (* 1985), Brazilian politician (PSOL)
- Diamantino Miranda (* 1959), Portuguese football player and coach
- Donald Miranda (* 1972), Italian diver
E.
- Edison Miranda (* 1981), Colombian boxer
- Eduardo Miranda Sousa (1909–1990), Peruvian engineer and politician
- Edwin Miranda (* 1981), Salvadoran soccer player
- Enílton Menezes Miranda (* 1977), Brazilian soccer player
- Erick Miranda (* 1971), Guatemalan soccer player
- Erick Yair Miranda Galindo (* 1982), Mexican football referee
- Érika Miranda (* 1987), Brazilian judoka
- Ernesto Arturo Miranda (1941–1976), American defendant who obtained a landmark sentence, see Miranda v. Arizona
- Estefania Miranda (* 1975), Chilean choreographer and curator
F.
- Fátima Miranda , Spanish singer and researcher
- Fernando Miranda (* 1939), Puerto Rican marksman
- Fernando Álvarez de Miranda (1924–2016), Spanish politician and lawyer
- Flávia R. Miranda , Brazilian zoologist
- Flora Miranda Seierl (* 1990), Austrian fashion designer
- Francisco de Miranda (1750-1816), Venezuelan revolutionary
- Francisco Miranda Branco (* 1950), East Timorese politician
- Francisco de Sá de Miranda (1485–1558), Portuguese poet
G
- Gabino Miranda Melgarejo (* 1960), Peruvian clergyman, auxiliary bishop in Ayacucho o Huamanga
- Gabriel Miranda (* 1968), Venezuelan football player
- Gerardo Miranda (soccer player, 1956) ( Gerardo Miranda Concepción ; * 1956), Spanish soccer player
- Gerardo Miranda (soccer player, 1963) ( William Gerardo Miranda Correa ; * 1963), Uruguayan soccer player
- Glenda Miranda (* 1985), Ecuadorian judoka
- Gonzalo Miranda (cyclist) (* 1979), Chilean cyclist
- Gonzalo Miranda (squash player) (born 1989), Argentinian squash player
- Guido Miranda (* 1925), Costa Rican politician, civil servant and doctor
H
- Hélder Miranda (* 1979), Portuguese cyclist
- Hércules de Miranda (1912–1982), Brazilian soccer player
- Horacio Miranda (* 1931), Filipino marksman
- Hugo Miranda (* 1925), Chilean racing cyclist
I.
- Isa Miranda (1905–1982), Italian actress
- Ismael Miranda (* 1950), Puerto Rican musician
- Iván Miranda (* 1980), Peruvian tennis player
J
- Jaime Miranda Flamenco (* 1955), Salvadoran politician
- Jesiel Cardoso Miranda (* 1994), Brazilian soccer player
- João Miranda (* 1984), Brazilian soccer player
- João Miranda (military) , East Timorese freedom fighter and general
- João Miranda Teixeira (* 1935), Portuguese bishop
- Joaquim Miranda (1950–2006), Portuguese politician
- Jose Miranda (Taekwondoin) , Sao-Toméian Taekwondoin
- José Miranda González (1903–1967), Spanish-Mexican historian
- José Antonio Miranda ( Josete Miranda ; * 1998), Spanish-Equatorial Guinean football player
- José Benedicto Moscoso Miranda (* 1959), Guatemalan clergyman, Bishop of Jalapa
- José Ely de Miranda (* 1932), Brazilian soccer player and manager, see Zito (soccer player)
- José Manuel Miranda ( Pepe Miranda ; * 1986), Cuban football player
- José Miguel Miranda , film composer, see Miguel Miranda (composer)
- José Porfirio Miranda (1924–2001), Mexican theologian, philosopher and university professor
- José Salvador Miranda Díaz (* 1971), Mexican athlete
- Joseph Miranda (* 1925), American mafioso
- Juan Miranda (track and field athlete) , Argentine track and field athlete
- Juan Miranda (actor) (1941–2009), Mexican actor
- Juan Miranda (swimmer) (* 1968), Salvadoran swimmer
- Juan Miranda (baseball player) (born 1983), Cuban baseball player
- Juan Miranda (soccer player) (* 2000), Spanish soccer player
- Juan Carreño de Miranda (1614–1685), Spanish Baroque painter
- Juan Pablo Miranda (musician) (1906–1986), Cuban flautist and composer
- Juan Pablo Miranda (actor) (born 1980), Chilean actor
- Julio Cesar Miranda (* 1980), Mexican boxer
- Julius Caesar de Miranda (1906–1956), Surinamese lawyer and politician
K
- Kuca Miranda (* 1989), Cape Verdean football player
L.
- Leonardo de Miranda Pereira (* 1936), Brazilian clergyman, Bishop of Paracatu
- Lin-Manuel Miranda (* 1980), American actor, composer and rapper
- Luis Miranda Rivera (* 1954), Puerto Rican religious, Bishop of Fajardo-Humacao
- Luis Miranda , Chilean soccer player
- Luis Daniel Miranda (* 1971), Nicaraguan baseball player
- Luperce Miranda (1904–1977), Brazilian mandolinist and composer
M.
- Marcelo Miranda (* 1967), Chilean football player
- Marco Miranda (* 1998), Swiss ice hockey player
- Marcos Miranda Guedes (1924–2001), Portuguese architect
- Mario Miranda (cartoonist) (also Mario de Miranda ; 1926-2011), Indian cartoonist
- Mario Miranda (mathematician) (* 1937), Italian mathematician
- Mario Miranda (boxer) ( Mario Miranda Marañón ; * 1960), Colombian boxer
- Mário de Miranda Vilas-Boas (1903–1968), Brazilian clergyman, Archbishop of Paraiba
- Marlui Miranda (* 1949), Brazilian ethnomusicologist and musician
- Maximino Martínez Miranda (* 1951), Mexican clergyman, auxiliary bishop in Toluca
- Michele Miranda (1896–1973), American mobster
- Miguel Miranda (soccer player) ( Miguel Eduardo Miranda Campos ; * 1966), Peruvian soccer player
- Miguel Miranda (athlete) (born 1969), Mexican sprinter
- Miguel Miranda (composer) (also José Miguel Miranda ), film composer
- Miguel Miranda (basketball player) ( Miguel Ângelo Saraiva Miranda ; * 1978), Portuguese basketball player
- Miguel Ángel Miranda (* 1983), Venezuelan boxer
- Miguel Angel Aguilar Miranda (* 1939), Ecuadorian clergyman, military bishop of Ecuador
- Miguel Darío Miranda y Gómez (1895–1986), Mexican clergyman, Archbishop of Mexico
- Monne de Miranda (1875–1942), Dutch politician and trade unionist
- Montxu Miranda (* 1976), Spanish athlete
- Murillo de Miranda Bastos Júnior (* 1920), Brazilian diplomat
N
- Nina Miranda (singer, 1925) (actually Nelly María Hunter Fernández ; 1925–2012), Uruguayan singer
- Nina Miranda (singer, 1970) ( Nina Isabela Rocha Miranda ; * 1970), British singer
O
- Octávio Augusto Chagas de Miranda (1881–1959), Brazilian clergyman, Bishop of Pouso Alegre
- Olímpio Miranda Branco , East Timorese diplomat and politician, see Olímpio Branco
- Osvaldo Miranda (1887– ??), Cuban fencer
P
- Paterno Miranda (* 1930), Filipino marksman
- Patricia Miranda (* 1979), American wrestler
- Paulo Miranda (director, 1974) (* 1974), Brazilian film director, producer and screenwriter
- Paulo Miranda (soccer player, 1974) ( Paulo Miranda de Oliveira ; * 1974), Brazilian soccer player
- Paulo Miranda (soccer player, 1988) ( Jonathan Doin ; * 1988), Brazilian soccer player
- Paulo Miranda (actor) , actor
- Paulo Miranda (director, II) , film director, producer and screenwriter
- Paulo José Miranda (* 1965), Portuguese writer, poet and philosopher
- Pedro Miranda (born 1948), Mexican athlete
- Pia Miranda (born 1973), Australian actress
R.
- Rafael Valdivieso Miranda (* 1968), Panamanian clergyman, Bishop of Chitré
- Rafaela de Miranda Travalao (* 1988), Brazilian soccer player, see Rafinha (soccer player)
- Robert Michael Miranda (* 1952), Indian clergyman, Bishop of Gulbarga
- Roberto Miranda (* 1944), Brazilian soccer player
- Ronaldo Miranda (* 1948), Brazilian composer
S.
- Salvador Miranda (librarian) (* 1939), Cuban-American librarian and church historian
- Salvador Miranda (boxer) (* 1949), Nicaraguan boxer
- Salvador Miranda (athlete) (* 1971), Mexican long-distance and obstacle runner
- Salvador Miranda Calderín (* 1957), Canarian economist and historian
- Sebastián Miranda (* 1980), Chilean football player
- Soledad Miranda (1943–1970), Portuguese actress
T
- Tânia Miranda (* 1958), Brazilian athlete
- Teodoro Enrique Pino Miranda (1946-2020), Mexican clergyman, Bishop of Huajuapan de León
- Tony Miranda (1919–2001), American musician
- Torcuato Fernández-Miranda (1915–1980), Spanish politician
V
- Víctor Miranda (* 1982), Panamanian soccer player
stage name
- Miranda , stage name of João Miranda de Souza Filho (* 1984), Brazilian soccer player
Name of a fictional character
- Miranda , the daughter of Prospero in the play The Tempest by William Shakespeare
- Miranda Sings , Youtube personality embodied by Colleen Ballinger