Meaning: Its source is a Latin expression meaning "Wonderful."

Nickname For: Miranda

Popularity: The name Randee ranked 2817th in popularity for females of all ages in a sample of the 1990 US Census.

Though this name appears on the 1990 U.S. Census lists, it is used by only a small percentage of the general population.

Narrative: This name was invented by William Shakespeare for the young heroine of his play The Tempest. In the play, fifteen-year-old Miranda, who has never met a man other than her father, Prospero, meets young Fernando (to whom she proposes marriage) and other members of an expedition seeking her father. Reflecting on these encounters, she delivers the famous line, ''O brave new world that has such people in't!''