Myriam

Miriam the prophetess (Anselm Feuerbach 1862)
Gender	female
Word/name	Hebrew (Egyptian?)
Meaning	unknown; various
Nickname(s)	Mimi, Miri, Mim, Mira
Related names	Maryam, Maria, Mary

Miriam (Hebrew: מִרְיָם, Modern Miryam, Tiberian Miryām) is a feminine given name recorded in Biblical Hebrew, recorded in the Book of Exodus as the name of the sister of Moses, the prophetess Miriam.

Spelling variants include French Myriam, German Mirjam, Mirijam; hypocoristic forms include Mira, and Mimi (commonly given in Israel).

The name's etymology is unclear. Since many Levite names are of Egyptian origin, the name could come from the Egyptian mr "love", as in the Egyptian names mry.t-jmn (Merit-Amun) "beloved of Amun" and mry.t-rꜥ (Merytre) "beloved of Ra".

A Judeo-Aramaic variant of this name, Maryām (Μαριάμ) is recorded in the New Testament as the name of several women, including Mary, mother of Jesus and Mary Magdalene. Variants of this name include Latin Maria, whence French Marie and English Mary.

[Mary], mother of the [Jesus] of the New Testament, bore a Judeo-Aramaic variant of this name, Maryām (מרים). In the New Testament of the Bible, written in Greek, her name is transliterated Mariam (Μαριάμ) or Maria. Several other women in the New Testament, including St. Mary Magdalene, are called by the same name.