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Miri as standalone name

60 replies

MumtobeJul24 · 14/06/2024 08:11

Expecting first baby soon.

DH and I both love Miri as a name but none of the longer versions.

Does it work as a standalone name? I think it does and keen to use, husband not so sure.

thanks

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PrincessOfPreschool · 15/06/2024 07:01

This is so strange. I was, just yesterday, talking to DD about her name. I once met someone called Miri and absolutely loved the name. When pregnant, many years later, I really wanted her to be Miri so I gave her a name which could be shortened to Miri. When we talked yesterday, DD was so surprised as somehow, she didn't end up with the Miri nickname! She's either her full name or a different nickname (given by her then 2 year old brother).

So, please, just call her Miri. It's really lovely.

knitnerd90 · 15/06/2024 06:05

Miri as a nickname for Miriam is fairly common amongst Jewish women/girls and hence would be my first assumption, being from that culture.

EasternEcho · 15/06/2024 05:16

It sounds incomplete, and also as PPs have said, like a contraceptive. My first thought was also that creepy child in Star Trek. I think a person with that name would spend a considerable amount of time during their life answering the question "so what's Miri short for"?

yumyumyumy · 15/06/2024 03:33

I agree with another poster that it sounds like a contraceptive

Unexpectedlysinglemum · 14/06/2024 21:39

If I heard Miri I would think it's a short version of a longer Indian name

salamithumbs · 14/06/2024 19:09

I like it! Either as a stand alone name or as a nickname for Mirabel or Miranda. The only time I've heard the name Miri is in Back to Life

timetorefresh · 14/06/2024 18:46

I thought this was about MRI scans for a minute

ApricitySeeker · 14/06/2024 18:45

I know of 2 little Miris. One is Mirabelle and one is Miriam. I’d say it’s fine as a stand-alone name but you will probably get a lot of people asking you what it’s short for!

Dinosaurpoo · 14/06/2024 18:39

Miri isn’t just sounds put together like pp said!
In Welsh it means merriment / fun and is often used as a girl’s name.
its perfectly fine as it is. Or lovely as a nickname for Miriam etc.

Tofilmo · 14/06/2024 18:34

I think it's a lovely name.

Treestumpp · 14/06/2024 15:02

Dont they make showers?

KirstenBlest · 14/06/2024 12:18

Miri is fine on it's own.
It could be short for something like Miriam, Miranda, Mirinda, Mirabelle. Mireille or something.
I don't like Meredith other than as a surname.

It might be worth checking if it means something in other languages - it's Welsh for merriment.

CurlewKate · 14/06/2024 11:58

The Miriam I know is sometimes Miri-but usually Miro.

stressedespresso · 14/06/2024 11:53

Awful, give the poor child a proper name

I read it as MRI scan!

Gorgonemilezola · 14/06/2024 10:00

It's OK but like many popular names currently it's just a couple of sounds put together.

Miriam is a lovely name, as is Meredith.

SilverSimca · 14/06/2024 10:00

PantsAcademy · 14/06/2024 09:17

Zack and Miri Make a Porno

My first thought, unfortunately. Only time I have ever seen Miri as a name. The Miriam I know goes by her full name or Mimi to her parents.

It's also the name of a child in the rather creepy Star Trek episode Miri, in which she gets a crush on Captain Kirk and he basically plays up to it.

miniaturepixieonacid · 14/06/2024 09:56

I mean, there's no real reason why not seeing as you can have hundreds of other 4 letter names as standalones. But it does seem a bit nicknamey to me.

When you say you don't like any of the names it could be short for, what have you considered?
Miriam
Miranda
Mirella
Mirabelle
Meredith
Marina
Maria
Annamaria

Okay, some of those might be a bit of a stretch but I could see Miri for any of them.

Lifelikinotdothinki · 14/06/2024 09:17

It sounds like a type of medical scan.

PantsAcademy · 14/06/2024 09:17

Zack and Miri Make a Porno

My first thought, unfortunately. Only time I have ever seen Miri as a name. The Miriam I know goes by her full name or Mimi to her parents.

CurlewKate · 14/06/2024 09:16

Miriam. Known as Miri.

maw1681 · 14/06/2024 09:15

I like it, I know someone called Miri, she is Maori - it's a Maori name

Benjina · 14/06/2024 09:09

Miri is a standalone girl's name in Japanese, if that's any help

ChildrenOfTheQuorn · 14/06/2024 08:59

Frogandfish · 14/06/2024 08:18

I mean, it's not awful or anything but looks a bit insubstantial to me

Yes I agree. It's a bit nothing-y. I think Merry is probably nicer (for a Meredith).

Moreteaandchocolate · 14/06/2024 08:47

I love Miri - I know a little girl with that name and assumed it was a standalone name, I’d never thought of it being short for Miriam - love it either way!

Happyinarcon · 14/06/2024 08:31

Could it maybe be short for Mairead if you don’t like Miriam?