About Miami
The name "Miami" is derived from the Native American tribe of the same name, who were originally from the Great Lakes region. The word "Miami" is believed to come from the Miami-Illinois language and means "downstream people" or "people who live on the peninsula." The name reflects the tribe's geographical location near the mouth of the Miami River, which flows into Biscayne Bay in present-day Miami, Florida.
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Most individuals with the name Miami are female.
The popularity of the name has increased by 15% over the past year.
Here's how to represent Miami in Braille, with each pattern of raised dots corresponding to a letter of the name.
The image below shows how you can spell Miami using American Sign Language (ASL). In sign language, each hand shape corresponds to a specific a letter of the name.