Talk:Miriam (given name)

Variant spellings per language
It would be helpful to expand this page to note the variant spellings per language, roman alphabet or otherwise. At that point I think the Notable people... lists could be divided among the pages per each variant, e.g. Mirjam, Myriam. Probably this would benefit from advice from editors on the Anthroponymy WikiProject. -- Deborahjay (talk) 08:24, 27 August 2013 (UTC)

"Convoluted Christian interpretation"?
This part really needs revision. Because this sort of insult is most unappreciated. And the fact is, nobody knows for certain where the name comes from. All of the etymologies are speculative and it's possible that the name does mean something along the lines of "drop of the sea" ("מר" = "drop", cf. Isaias 40:15 and "ים" = "sea"). Or perhaps not. Either way, "drop of the sea" is not any more "convoluted" than the other explanations; this page gives some pretty good arguments against them as well. 108.36.74.235 (talk) 19:19, 21 March 2017 (UTC)

Never mind, I've gone and made the revisions. 108.36.74.235 (talk) 15:26, 22 March 2017 (UTC)

Question
The arabic name in the Quran for Mary is "Maryam". Is the arabic name for Miriam the same?

80.131.51.193 (talk) 02:46, 2 July 2020 (UTC)

Notable people named Myriam
There are currently two sections in this article called "Notable people named Myriam," and I can't identify any meaningful difference between them. I recommend that they be merged unless there is some difference that I'm missing. 74.71.64.153 (talk) 00:04, 30 July 2020 (UTC)