The mir Surname
mir Name Meaning and History
- Muslim (common in Pakistan, Bangladesh, and India): from a title of Persian origin, a short form of Arabic Amir ‘prince’, ‘commander’.
- Polish: from a short form of any of various Old Polish personal names containing the element mir ‘peace’, ‘quiet’, ‘esteem’, for example Miroslaw or Jaromir.
- Catalan: patronymic from Mir, a medieval personal name of Germanic origin (see Miro).
- French: variant of Mire 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Looking for the MIR Clan | Shehzad Ahmed MIR | 35 |
| MIR is a Persian Word, Means 'Chief" |
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| MIR is a Title Given to Sayyeds |
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| Mir surname is Catalan |
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