Miro

Meaning of Miro

Miro, with its hushed two syllables like a bamboo flute echoing through a moonlit Kyoto courtyard, traces its roots to the Slavic miroslav—“peace” or “world”—yet finds unexpected harmony in the silent elegance of a Zen garden, where each petal falls as deliberately as a brushstroke on rice paper. First recorded in American birth registers in 1915 with just five little bearers, it slipped into quiet until a modest rebirth in the early 2000s, and most recently was bestowed upon 23 newborns in 2024, hovering with cool assurance between the high eight-hundreds and low nine-hundreds on the popularity charts. Like a solitary koi weaving through jade-green ponds, Miro glides between traditions without anchoring itself too firmly in any, offering parents a slender vessel of meaning that feels both ancient and startlingly new. It carries the soft echo of Zen simplicity, yet inside its short form lies a world of possibility, shimmering with the calm authority of a temple bell at dawn. And for those who appreciate a name that refuses easy rhymes—because truly, what could rhyme with Miro?—this choice embodies a dry wit masked by serene profundity, promising a lifetime of quiet, resonant discovery.

Pronunciation

English

• Pronunced as MEE-roh (/ˈmiːroʊ/)

• Milo
• Miroslav
• Miran
• Mirko