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Greetings,
Here's the information we found on the names "Mirah" and "Marriah."
We couldn't find any evidence for either name. "Mirah" is recorded as a variant of "Myra" used in the 19th century. We did find several names in Withycombe that are close:
"Mirabel" is found in the forms Mirabilis, Birabilla, Mirable, Mirabel, and Marabel.
"Muriel (1198)," also has the forms Muriella, Miriella, and Mariel.
There are also many forms of "Mary" recorded during this period, including Maria, Marie, Mary, Marion, Mariun, Mariot, Mariota, Marioth', Malle, Maleta, Malina, Malyn, Malkyn, Malota, Molle, Molot, and Pollekin.
The evidence we found suggests that English women's names ending in "-ah" were used because of the influence of the King James Bible, which added "h" to the Latin forms of many women's names. Examples include "Hannah" for "Anna" and "Dinah" for "Dina." There is one example of "Mirra" in the SCA Armorial, but this was registered because "Mirra" is the lady's mundane name.
Tangwystl verch Morgant Glasvryn, Loveday, and Arval D'Espas Nord researched your name.
We hope this has been helpful. If we can be of further assistance, please let us know.
In service,
Alan Fairfax
Academy of S. Gabriel