Mircea

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Mircea

Say it: MEER-chah

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Meaning

Probably from Slavic mir 'peace, world', as a short form of names such as Miroslav.

Likelythe main view, with some doubt.

A princely name in Wallachia from the 14th century and common in modern Romania.

Its wave through time

No birth counts are recorded for this name in the records loaded here: it has been given to fewer than five babies a year, or not at all, since records began.

Through the ages

Used by

Romanian

Famous bearers

Mircea the Elder (Mircea cel Bătrân), prince of Wallachia
Mircea Eliade, historian of religion

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Where this comes from

Royal and noble genealogies
Medieval Slavic chronicles and charters
National birth statistics of European countries source

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