Mir

Where Mir comes from

Borrowed from Russian мир (mir, “peace”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Mir
  • 1 syllable
Along the way
  1. 1972
    First appearance
    #4,986 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2000
    Peak, #4,389
    17 babies named Mir — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.