Miriam

American  

[mir-ee-uhm] / ˈmɪr i əm /

noun

1. (in the Bible) the sister of Moses and Aaron.

2. a female given name, form of Mary.

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Miriam British  

/ ˈmɪrɪəm /

noun

1. Douay name: Mary.  Old Testament the sister of Moses and Aaron. (Numbers 12:1–15)

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Etymology

Origin of Miriam

From Late Latin Mariam, from Greek Mariám, from Hebrew Miryām, of uncertain origin; see also Mary ( def. )

Example Sentences

Spanish national Saif Abu Keshek and Brazilian Thiago Avila were taken to court in the city of Ashkelon, according to Miriam Azem, international advocacy coordinator at the Israeli rights group Adalah.

From Barron's • May 3, 2026

The research, led by Dr. Miriam Lisci, a postdoctoral scientist in Prof. Jourdain's lab, focused on carbon-rich molecules, especially pyruvate.

From Science Daily • Apr. 20, 2026

Muldoon is survived by his partner, Miriam Rothbart; parents Deanna and Patrick Muldoon Sr, his sister and brother-in-law Shana and Ahmet Zappa, niece Halo and nephew Arrow Zappa.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

In Miriam, Hawthorne invests all the moral ambiguities of a fallen modern world.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

Sister Miriam Joseph* categorizes the relation of the trivial arts as follows: logic is concerned with the thing-as-it-is-known; grammar is concerned with the thing-as-it-is-symbolized; rhetoric is concerned with the thing-as-it-is-communicated.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith