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The mira Surname

mira Name Meaning and History

  1. Galician and Portuguese: probably a habitational name from any of the places in Galicia and Portugal named Mira.
  2. Catalan: of uncertain origin; possibly from the Arabic personal name Amira, or a derivative of Mir.
  3. Italian: apparently from the personal name Mira, feminine form of Miro, from Late Latin Mirus and Mira, respectively, from Latin mirus ‘wonderful’, ‘marvellous’.
  4. Czech and Polish: from a pet form of any of various personal names formed with the element mir ‘peace’, ‘quiet’, ‘esteem’ (see Mir).

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The mira name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the mira family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of mira Families in the US in 1920
Number of mira families
 6-9
 3-5		 1-2
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 17 - Messages: 52
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Hola soy Leo Leónidas 2
Mira family in Hungary miradani 2
Mark Mira Mark Mira 1
MIRA from Italy? mag153 1
Mira family in Georgia michelle_tims82 1
Hello Miras John Mira 0
SURNAME MIRA MAIDA MIRA 0
A Mira Family Tree John Mira 4
Maida John Mira 13
ANTONIO MIRA MAIDAMIRA679 0
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