Miriam was the sister of Moses in the Bible.

Miriam, Mirriam or Myriam (the French variant) may also refer to:

People and fictional characters

  • Miriam (given name), including a list of people, biblical, apocryphal and fictional characters
  • Miriam, pen name of Zenon Przesmycki (1861–1944), Polish poet, translator and art critic
  • Miriam Yeung, stage name of Yeung Chin-wah (楊千嬅, born 1974), Hong Kong singer-actress
  • Myriam Montemayor Cruz (born 1981), better known as Myriam, Mexican recording artist
  • Myriam François, pseudonym of Emilie François (born 1983), British writer, broadcaster, and academic; former actress
  • Miriam Rivera (1981–2019), known as Miriam, Mexican transgender woman who featured in reality television shows
  • Miriam Yeung (born 1974), Cantopop singer sometimes known as just Miriam
  • Elena Yparraguirre (born 1947), also known as Miriam, Peruvian imprisoned revolutionary
  • Marie Myriam (born 1957), French singer

In music

  • Myriam (Myriam album)
  • Myriam (Myriam Faris album)
  • Mirriam, an album by Jessi Colter

In science

  • 102 Miriam, an asteroid
  • Minimum Information Required in the Annotation of Models (MIRIAM), an effort to standardise the annotation and curation process of quantitative models of biological systems

Other uses

  • Hurricane Miriam (disambiguation), six tropical cyclones in the Eastern Pacific Ocean
  • "Miriam" (short story), by Truman Capote
  • Miriam (film), a 1957 Finnish film
  • Miryam (film), a 1929 Italian silent film
  • Meriam language, also spelled Miriam, spoken by the people of several islands in the Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia
  • Miriam Hospital, a private, not-for-profit hospital in Providence, Rhode Island
  • Miriam College, Quezon City, Philippines, a Catholic school for girls and young women

See also

  • Hurricane Joan–Miriam, a 1988 hurricane that struck the Caribbean and Central America
  • Maryam (disambiguation)
  • Mariam (disambiguation)