Mireille Forename
1,828th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 545,418 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Mireille Forename User-submission:
Mireille is a popular French given name, which derives from the Provençal word mirar, meaning 'to admire'. It's use was popularised by the 1859 poem Mirèio by Frédéric Mistral.
Mireille Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 99% | 198,582 | 1:372 | 58 |
| France | 100% | 171,255 | 1:388 | 108 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 26,300 | 1:898 | 201 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 22,586 | 1:957 | 184 |
| Burundi | 100% | 22,448 | 1:441 | 111 |
| Belgium | 100% | 15,755 | 1:729 | 173 |
| Haiti | 100% | 10,705 | 1:1,002 | 148 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 9,241 | 1:1,829 | 379 |
| Rwanda | - | 8,702 | 1:1,307 | 275 |
| Benin | 100% | 8,608 | 1:1,229 | 289 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 6,242 | 1:15,630 | 2,150 |
| Canada | 100% | 5,750 | 1:5,762 | 850 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 5,353 | 1:4,311 | 486 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 5,004 | 1:1,641 | 340 |
| Chad | 100% | 3,645 | 1:3,731 | 547 |
| United States | 100% | 3,301 | 1:109,826 | 4,730 |
| Egypt | 100% | 3,123 | 1:29,427 | 1,986 |
| Gabon | 100% | 2,886 | 1:653 | 124 |
| Togo | - | 2,720 | 1:2,661 | 437 |
| Congo | 100% | 1,913 | 1:2,619 | 423 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 1,103 | 1:511 | 124 |
| Suriname | 100% | 872 | 1:634 | 90 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 852 | 1:21,572 | 1,913 |
| Mali | 100% | 663 | 1:25,607 | 1,686 |
| England | 100% | 640 | 1:86,880 | 3,429 |
| Germany | 100% | 640 | 1:151,059 | 2,673 |
| Morocco | 100% | 573 | 1:59,945 | 2,327 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 534 | 1:506 | 123 |
| Mexico | 100% | 532 | 1:233,354 | 3,871 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 525 | 1:58,691 | 6,867 |
| French Polynesia | - | 486 | 1:572 | 117 |
| Brazil | 100% | 465 | 1:460,723 | 15,563 |
| Senegal | 100% | 371 | 1:39,303 | 1,756 |
| South Africa | 100% | 243 | 1:224,414 | 13,974 |
| Malawi | 100% | 190 | 1:90,065 | 5,143 |
| Israel | 100% | 146 | 1:57,554 | 3,317 |
| Sweden | 100% | 145 | 1:67,986 | 3,253 |
| Malta | - | 131 | 1:3,278 | 529 |
| Spain | 100% | 120 | 1:387,750 | 5,642 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 117 | 1:89,156 | 4,839 |
| Peru | 100% | 117 | 1:271,722 | 6,231 |
| Mauritius | - | 115 | 1:11,285 | 1,391 |
| Portugal | - | 111 | 1:93,792 | 2,607 |
| Indonesia | - | 109 | 1:2,366,639 | 116,065 |
| Thailand | 100% | 109 | 1:642,806 | 27,791 |
| Italy | 100% | 105 | 1:581,544 | 5,939 |
| Australia | - | 91 | 1:150,084 | 4,468 |
| Monaco | 100% | 83 | 1:463 | 74 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 70 | 1:431,456 | 12,143 |
| Qatar | 100% | 59 | 1:40,163 | 5,201 |
| Greece | 100% | 57 | 1:191,834 | 3,983 |
| Kuwait | - | 57 | 1:66,408 | 5,422 |
| Angola | - | 49 | 1:550,339 | 1,990 |
| Aruba | - | 46 | 1:2,256 | 469 |
| Denmark | - | 42 | 1:134,512 | 3,493 |
| New Zealand | - | 42 | 1:108,001 | 4,458 |
| Norway | 100% | 42 | 1:122,198 | 3,685 |
| Austria | 100% | 39 | 1:218,313 | 3,147 |
| Philippines | 100% | 32 | 1:3,312,796 | 64,351 |
| Ireland | 100% | 28 | 1:165,840 | 3,486 |
| Ecuador | - | 28 | 1:633,104 | 6,091 |
| Scotland | 100% | 27 | 1:198,162 | 3,518 |
| Namibia | - | 26 | 1:92,468 | 4,483 |
| Seychelles | - | 26 | 1:3,564 | 725 |
| Chile | 100% | 25 | 1:704,288 | 7,407 |
| Lebanon | - | 25 | 1:225,103 | 4,527 |
| Panama | 100% | 22 | 1:177,571 | 7,149 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 100% | 20 | 1:316 | 80 |
| Argentina | 100% | 19 | 1:2,251,223 | 8,037 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 18 | 1:190,424 | 3,622 |
| Central African Republic | - | 16 | 1:282,212 | 391 |
| Wales | 100% | 16 | 1:193,394 | 3,524 |
| China | - | 15 | 1:91,070,385 | 64,310 |
| Niger | 100% | 15 | 1:1,278,933 | 18,398 |
| Tunisia | - | 13 | 1:52,069 | 2,652 |
| Guinea | 100% | 12 | 1:988,221 | 3,313 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 12 | 1:14,797,030 | 147,379 |
| Czechia | 100% | 11 | 1:968,742 | 3,396 |
| India | 100% | 11 | 1:110,443,452 | 1,441,921 |
| Ghana | - | 9 | 1:2,998,468 | 5,965 |
| Vanuatu | - | 9 | 1:29,088 | 709 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 8 | 1:752,292 | 11,019 |
| Romania | - | 8 | 1:2,506,497 | 24,627 |
| Russia | 100% | 8 | 1:18,029,213 | 55,117 |
| Syria | - | 8 | 1:2,413,259 | 4,659 |
| Finland | 70% | 7 | 1:783,312 | 7,794 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 7 | 1:1,021,713 | 39,786 |
| Colombia | 100% | 5 | 1:9,555,785 | 40,229 |
| Croatia | - | 5 | 1:843,415 | 7,845 |
| El Salvador | - | 5 | 1:1,268,357 | 7,255 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 5 | 1:3,221,686 | 6,935 |
| Jordan | - | 5 | 1:1,765,355 | 7,450 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 5 | 1:710,060 | 4,535 |
| Singapore | - | 5 | 1:1,257,411 | 16,611 |
| Bahrain | - | 4 | 1:337,168 | 4,986 |
| Djibouti | - | 4 | 1:228,916 | 1,301 |
| Libya | - | 4 | 1:1,555,327 | 1,779 |
| Uganda | 100% | 4 | 1:10,239,230 | 65,177 |
| Andorra | - | 3 | 1:27,629 | 798 |
| Cyprus | - | 3 | 1:290,359 | 3,456 |
| Honduras | - | 3 | 1:2,939,156 | 20,066 |
| Hong Kong | - | 3 | 1:2,584,242 | 11,307 |
| Japan | - | 3 | 1:42,662,019 | 63,122 |
| Jersey | - | 3 | 1:33,327 | 1,495 |
| Malaysia | 100% | 3 | 1:10,149,980 | 208,386 |
| Mauritania | - | 3 | 1:1,365,080 | 16,011 |
| Zambia | - | 3 | 1:5,284,931 | 37,895 |
| Afghanistan | - | 2 | 1:16,311,758 | 48,279 |
| Algeria | - | 2 | 1:19,088,360 | 22,377 |
| Bahamas | - | 2 | 1:199,685 | 2,758 |
| Cuba | - | 2 | 1:5,753,276 | 9,613 |
| Iceland | - | 2 | 1:183,008 | 5,215 |
| Oman | - | 2 | 1:2,054,334 | 8,531 |
| South Korea | - | 2 | 1:2,772,210 | 27,911 |
| Turkey | 100% | 2 | 1:38,900,854 | 64,839 |
| Ukraine | - | 2 | 1:22,749,954 | 22,291 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 1 | 1:99,395 | 3,544 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Belarus | 100% | 1 | 1:9,482,384 | 20,892 |
| Belize | - | 1 | 1:354,309 | 7,663 |
| Bermuda | - | 1 | 1:64,826 | 2,481 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Botswana | - | 1 | 1:2,184,449 | 21,741 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Cape Verde | - | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 1 | 1:4,767,948 | 27,206 |
| Curaçao | - | 1 | 1:155,803 | 1,239 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Guernsey | - | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Guyana | - | 1 | 1:763,262 | 24,238 |
| Jamaica | - | 1 | 1:2,883,227 | 22,340 |
| Kenya | - | 1 | 1:46,307,110 | 74,921 |
| Kosovo | - | 1 | 1:1,861,440 | 22,170 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| North Macedonia | - | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Poland | 100% | 1 | 1:38,027,112 | 9,241 |
| Saint Barthelemy | - | 1 | 1:9,555 | 215 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 1 | 1:177,815 | 8,104 |
| Slovenia | - | 1 | 1:2,458,758 | 6,723 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| Sudan | - | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 1 | 1:23,769,682 | 193,280 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:109,747 | 4,493 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 1 | 1:15,423,817 | 113,731 |
The alternate forms: Mirëille (1) & Miréille (1) are calculated separately.
Mireille (8,669) may also be a surname.
Mireille Forename Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Mireille is a popular French given name, which derives from the Provençal word mirar, meaning 'to admire'. It's use was popularised by the 1859 poem Mirèio by Frédéric Mistral.
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