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Mirielle

Gender
Girl
Say it
mih-ree-EL
Origin
French
UK rank, 2025
#4,935 for girls
US rank, 2025
#4,459 for girls

Mirielle is a girls' name of French origin, meaning “admired”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 4,459th for girls in the US (31 babies).

What does Mirielle mean?

French: spelling of Mireille, from Provencal Mireio

“admired”

Mireille was popularised by Frederic Mistral's 1859 Provencal poem Mireio.

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

Mirielle is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 31 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Mirielle in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#4,935among girls
Babies in 2025
4about 1 in 70,000 girls
Five-year trend
Risingup 55% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Mirielle, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 7 girls.

Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.

2016Busiest: 7 in 20232025
Mirielle in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20254#4,935
20246#3,758
20237#3,388
20220–
20210–
20205#4,110
20193#5,804
20183#5,896
20173#5,998
20163#6,009

How popular is Mirielle in the US?

Rank in 2025
#4,459among girls
Babies in 2025
31about 1 in 52,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steadydown 11% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 31 girls in the US were named Mirielle, making it the 4,459th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,483rd. Its busiest year was 2018, with 48 girls. It first appears in the records in 1988.

Half of all the girls named Mirielle in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.

1988Busiest: 48 in 20182025
Mirielle in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202531#4,459
202435#4,113
202325#5,123
202225#5,169
202124#5,233
202022#5,483
201932#4,342
201848#3,292
201744#3,478
201643#3,588
201525#5,286
201420#6,205
201320#6,252
20128#12,193
201112#9,146
20109#11,240
200914#8,450
200811#10,080
20075#17,630
200617#7,140
200511#9,447
200410#9,887
200316#6,880
20029#10,240
20015#15,345
200010#9,156
19996#12,681
19985#14,116
19970–
19960–
19950–
19948#9,580
19935#13,435
19920–
19910–
19900–
19890–
19885#11,792

Names like Mirielle

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Mirielle: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mirielle, updated 20 October 2026.