Mira

Meaning

Proper Noun

• A binary star in the constellation Cetus, Omicron (ο) Ceti. The system contains a variable red giant and a white dwarf. Its brightness varies from a magnitude 2 at its brightest to a magnitude 10 at its dimmest.
• Mirabai, a 16th-century Indian poetess.
• A female given name from India.

Origin

• Named by the astronomer Johannes Hevelius in 1662, from Latin mīrus ("wonderful, surprising").
• Borrowed from Hindi मीरा, name of a 16th century Indian poetess, also affectionately called Mirabai.
• As occasionally borne by anglophones in the West, the name may also be borrowed from Slavic, or be a short form of Miranda.