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Mirrin

Gender
Girl
Say it
MIR-en
Origin
Scottish

Mirrin is a girls' name of Scottish origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Mirrin mean?

Scottish: spelling of Mirren; linked with St Mirin of Paisley

Linked with St Mirin, patron saint of Paisley, after whom St Mirren Football Club is named.

Meaning borrowed from Mirren.

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

Mirrin is a girls' name.

How popular is Mirrin in the UK?

No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 15 girls.

Half of all the girls named Mirrin in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.

1996Busiest: 15 in 20062023
Mirrin in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20235#4,251
20225#4,168
20212#7,411
20206#3,630
20191#7,346
20183#5,896
20176#3,774
20165#4,290
20155#4,294
20146#3,702
201312#2,309
201213#2,210
20117#3,360
20108#2,992
200912#2,153
200815#1,840
20079#2,543
200615#1,681
20054#4,150
20044#3,916
20035#3,233
20023#4,284
20015#2,928
20002#5,211
19992#5,117
19984#3,310
19971#5,110
19961#5,054

Names like Mirrin

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

Names related to Mirrin

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Sources

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

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