Muir Forename

360,211th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 547 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Scotland

Muir Forename Definition:

A Gaelic name, meaning: Scotch form of moor or moorland. A name distinguished by John Muir, California’s be­loved naturalist.

Muir Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States
96%
 
1361:2,665,71340,513
Scotland
100%
1031:51,9451,607
Indonesia-871:2,965,100136,611
England
94%
 
861:646,54612,592
New Zealand-251:181,4426,350
Australia-181:758,75710,216
Canada-171:1,949,02229,319
South Africa
100%
121:4,544,38799,592
India
100%
121:101,239,8311,357,349
Pakistan
100%
101:19,435,768100,312
United Arab Emirates-61:1,191,99940,353
Iraq
100%
41:8,754,46516,071
Brazil-41:53,559,038368,334
China-31:455,351,92789,064
Wales
100%
21:1,547,15412,610
Yemen-21:13,148,37610,677
Lebanon
50%
 
21:2,813,78613,895
Ireland-21:2,321,7608,894
Philippines
100%
21:53,004,738452,678
Zambia-11:15,854,79466,637
Poland-11:38,027,1129,241
Zimbabwe
100%
11:15,423,817113,731
Papua New Guinea
100%
11:8,152,314202,620
Nigeria
100%
11:177,564,360489,087
Netherlands
100%
11:16,902,08343,152
Malaysia
100%
11:30,449,940373,101
Jersey-11:99,9802,122
Italy-11:61,062,09083,289
Israel
100%
11:8,402,91845,019
Guernsey-11:63,331901
Egypt-11:91,900,94653,283
Cyprus-11:871,0765,368
Argentina
100%
11:42,773,24343,333

Muir (60,465) may also be a surname.

Muir Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A Gaelic name, meaning: Scotch form of moor or moorland. A name distinguished by John Muir, California’s be­loved naturalist.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

Muir Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mujir891,597/
Muiar8925/
Muire8924/
Muird8918/
Muyir8910/
Muier892/
Muior892/
Muirt892/
Muirr891/
Mir86608,146/
Mur867,716/
Muhjir8033/
Muhiar8012/
Moujir806/
Mujier804/
Mhuire803/
Mhujir802/
Muyire802/
Muiere802/
Muhier802/
Muihar801/
Muihir801/
Muiyor801/
Meuhir801/
Mair759,158/
Mire757,042/
Mior755,997/
Meir754,687/
Muer754,065/
Maur752,915/
Mour751,758/
Murt751,648/
Misr751,440/
Mure75863/
Mier75713/
Mitr75380/
Moir75367/
Mirz75345/
Mutr75313/
Murr75142/
Mihr75124/
Mirr75113/
Mhir75107/
Mirt75104/
Muhr7591/
Mirë7560/
Meur7546/
Murd7538/
Mujr7529/
Mirh7528/
Murz7524/
Mird7521/
Muur7521/
Mbir7519/
Musr7518/
Mmir7512/
Hmir758/
Mhur757/
Mgur756/
Murh756/
Mvir754/
Ømur753/
Murp753/
Mirp753/
Mgir752/
Ǝmir751/
Muyr751/
Méir751/
Mirì751/
Mijr751/
Muihare733/
Mouheir733/
Mujirre731/
Mhujier731/
Mouhair731/
Mayur6799,106/
Meiyr6733,205/
Meire6731,845/
Maire6720,936/
Majur677,379/
Maisr674,762/
Mahur672,985/
Majir672,631/
Miyer671,752/
Mujar671,579/
Maiar671,564/
Maure671,187/
Mauhr671,027/
Mojir67984/
Mijar67950/
Maier67752/
Miyar67574/
Mohur67554/
Meier67508/
Mirre67445/
Mujer67415/
Moire67321/
Murph67262/
Misre67237/
Muyar67211/
Meure67209/
Meyir67186/
Maihr67177/
Moure67169/
Maior67168/
Mayir67147/
Musre67132/
Mauyr67112/
Moyir67112/
Murre67105/
Muyer67101/
Mujre67100/
Maiur6771/
Mijer6770/
Musrt6762/
Mitër6760/
Mijir6758/
Mijor6745/
Myier6743/
Maair6739/
Meior6738/
Maitr6735/
Mauer6734/
Miyor6728/
Mairh6725/
Mausr6724/
Mejir6723/
Maijr6722/
Moird6720/
Mhire6719/
Meiir6718/
Mhure6717/
Mirdh6717/
Mihre6717/
Mhair6716/
Meyur6716/
Maurd6716/
Muere6713/
Mheir6712/
Mourz6712/
Mourd6711/
Mithr6711/
Mhour6710/
Murhe6710/
Mouer679/
Mhaur678/
Mhier677/
Moiar676/
Moier676/
Mittr676/
Maiyr676/
Mujor676/
Mirzh676/
Misrt675/
Mautr675/
Moior675/
Murtt675/
Mwire675/
Hmair675/
Maurt674/
Mirzr674/
Misrr673/
Mourt673/
Mauur673/
Mhbir673/
Maurh673/
Muthr673/
Mirhe673/
Maird673/
Maurp672/
Hmire672/
Meirr672/
Meirt672/
Mhurt672/
Meurt672/
Muyor672/
Miier672/
Mirjz672/
Mirzs672/
Moutr672/
Moitr672/
Mouyr672/
Mmure672/
Mirrh672/
Mirtt672/
Mairt672/
Murrh671/
Musrr671/
Murdh671/
Murht671/
Mouhr671/
Mourh671/
Mourr671/
Mousr671/
Mujtr671/
Muhtr671/
Muerh671/
Muerz671/
Muhahair671/
Muayr671/
Mêire671/
Mutrt671/
Moihr671/
Moirh671/
Moirr671/
Moisr671/
Mitrr671/
Mioar671/
Miior671/
Maiir671/
Mairr671/
Mairz671/
Mhutr671/
Mhirt671/
Mgaur671/
Mgour671/
Miear671/
Miehr671/
Meiar671/
Maurr671/
Hmeur671/
Hmier671/
Hmour671/
Hmure671/
Hmeir671/
M'air671/
Muerd671/
Meird671/
Myior671/
Muytr671/
Murhd671/
Murpf671/
Muhrh671/
Mujhr671/
Muerp671/
Mwirw671/
Mirrp671/
Miorh671/
Maurz671/
Meuer671/
Meurz671/
Hmuer671/
Hmurz671/
M'Bir671/

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  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Muir