Miranda (surname)

This article is about the surname Miranda. For the given name, see Miranda (given name). For other uses, see Miranda.

Miranda is a Spanish, Portuguese,[1][2] Sephardic Jewish,[3] Italian and Maltese[4] surname of Latin origin, meaning "worthy of admiration".[citation needed]

Notable people with the surname Miranda include:

  1. ^ Hispanic Surnames and Family History, Lyman D. Platt, Genealogical Publishing Company, 2008, pp. 133, 344
  2. ^ Spanish Surnames, a List- Attachments J1 and J2, General Coding Procedures Manual, 1970 Census, United States Census Bureau, 1971, pp. 16, 25
  3. ^ Book of Jewish and Crypto-Jewish Surnames, Judith K. Jarvis, Susan L. Levin, Donald N. Yates, CreateSpace, 2018, pp. 17, 49, 64
  4. ^ The Surnames of the Maltese Islands- An Etymological Dictionary, Mario Cassar, Book Distributors Ltd, 2003, p. 393