Mirza
Boy name · 7 babies recorded · 1974–2025
Mirza: 7 babies born in Scotland since 1974, given to boys, peaking at 4 births in 1987.
The name Mirza is a Persian-derived title of nobility, originally meaning "prince" or "lord," from *Mir* (a shortened form of *Emir*) combined with *zade* (son of), so literally "son of a prince." It functions as both a surname and a given name across Persian, Urdu, and Turkish cultures. The most famous bearer was Mirza Ghalib, the revered 19th-century Urdu and Persian poet whose ghazals remain deeply influential. In Scottish context, the name is more familiar through Mirza (later Mirza of Bannockburn), a beloved 19th-century Arab stallion who was one of the founding sires of the Scottish-bred thoroughbred line. No specific places share the name’s root, but the title survives in place-names like Mirzapur in India. A further note: Mirza also appears in the romance of *Laila and Majnun*, where a variant character is named Mirza.
Boy 2 of 52 years
- Peak year
- 19874 babies
- Latest (2018)
- #7043 babies
- Total births
- 7since 1987
- 5-year trend
- ≈ stablevs prior 5y