Mireya

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Variant of MIREIA.

MIREIA   female   Catalan, Spanish
Catalan form of Mirèio (see MIREILLE).
MIREILLE   female   French
From the Occitan name Mirèio, which was first used by the poet Frédéric Mistral for the main character in his poem 'Mirèio' (1859). He probably derived it from the Occitan word mirar meaning "to admire".
EQUIVALENTS
CATALAN: Mireia
CROATIAN: Mirela
FRENCH: Mireille
ITALIAN: Mirella
OCCITAN: Mirèio
ROMANIAN: Mirela
SPANISH: Mireia
DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS
CROATIAN: Mirica