Meranda
Girl · meh-RAN-da · Latin
Meranda is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “worthy of admiration”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Meranda mean?
Latin: spelling of Miranda
“worthy of admiration”
Miranda was coined by Shakespeare for the heroine of The Tempest, from Latin mirandus, 'to be admired'.
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Is Meranda a girl's or a boy's name?
Meranda is a girls' name.
How popular is Meranda in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1994, with 186 girls. It first appears in the records in 1957.
Half of all the girls named Meranda in the US since 1880 were born between 1985 and 1997, the years shaded on the chart below.
Meranda in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 14 | #8,204 |
| 2011 | 14 | #8,192 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 27 | #5,225 |
| 2008 | 30 | #4,880 |
| 2007 | 27 | #5,227 |
| 2006 | 29 | #4,810 |
| 2005 | 41 | #3,583 |
| 2004 | 53 | #2,961 |
| 2003 | 27 | #4,663 |
| 2002 | 56 | #2,706 |
| 2001 | 56 | #2,659 |
| 2000 | 65 | #2,370 |
| 1999 | 105 | #1,594 |
| 1998 | 99 | #1,634 |
| 1997 | 118 | #1,410 |
| 1996 | 158 | #1,147 |
| 1995 | 178 | #1,020 |
| 1994 | 186 | #993 |
| 1993 | 140 | #1,235 |
| 1992 | 153 | #1,147 |
| 1991 | 171 | #1,058 |
| 1990 | 123 | #1,314 |
| 1989 | 76 | #1,765 |
| 1988 | 56 | #2,066 |
| 1987 | 53 | #2,064 |
| 1986 | 50 | #2,115 |
| 1985 | 60 | #1,855 |
| 1984 | 65 | #1,684 |
| 1983 | 69 | #1,608 |
| 1982 | 71 | #1,621 |
| 1981 | 64 | #1,754 |
| 1980 | 90 | #1,380 |
| 1979 | 58 | #1,832 |
| 1978 | 58 | #1,765 |
| 1977 | 47 | #2,026 |
| 1976 | 51 | #1,820 |
| 1975 | 42 | #2,060 |
| 1974 | 40 | #2,066 |
| 1973 | 8 | #6,078 |
| 1972 | 11 | #4,792 |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,386 |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,361 |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,244 |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,041 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 5 | #6,766 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 7 | #4,917 |
Nicknames for Meranda
Names like Meranda
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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