Mirela
Mirela is a Southern and Eastern European feminine given name with a Latin origin, cognate to Mirella.
Meaning & Origin of Mirela
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Mirela is a Southern and Eastern European feminine given name with a Latin origin, cognate to Mirella.
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The Story of Mirela
Mirela first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1998, with 9 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2001, when 12 Mirelas were born — ranking #8,196 that year. As of 2026, Mirela ranks #15,243 for baby girls with 5 births, gradually falling (-12%). In total, more than 162 Mirelas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1990s through the 2020s.
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Notable people named Mirela
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- Mirela (singer) (born 1990), Spanish singer
- Mirela Balić (born 1999), Spanish actress
- Mirela Brekalo (born 1956), Croatian actress
- Mirela Cabero García (born 1990), Spanish singer known mononymously as Mirela
- Mirela Delibegovic , British virologist originally from Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Mirela Demireva (born 1989), Bulgarian high jumper
- Mirela Dulgheru (born 1966), Romanian-Turkish Olympian long jumper
- Mirela Holy (born 1971), Croatian politician
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Names that sound like Mirela
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About the name Mirela
Mirela is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1998 and has accumulated 162 births in the dataset. Mirela's peak popularity came in 2001 when it ranked #8,196. Use the chart and map above to compare Mirela's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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