Where does “Mira” come from?

Mira (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian Mìrjana, from Hebrew מִרְיָם, from Aramaic מרים, from Biblical Hebrew מִרְיָם.

Ancestry of “Mira”, step by step

Mira traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Serbo-Croatian Mìrjana

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-CroatianMìrjana—
2Hebrewמִרְיָם—
3Aramaicמריםbitter
4Biblical Hebrewמִרְיָם—

via Serbo-Croatian Mìrjam

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-CroatianMìrjam—
Every word from Biblical Hebrew מִרְיָם →Every word from Hebrew מִרְיָם →Every word from Aramaic מרים →