Two Syllable Names for Girls

Variation of Maelle

Coined in the 1960s to define the smallest photographic element of a televised image. It's a portmanteau of "picture" + "cell" or "element".

Mirga is an unusual name even in its native Latvia. The celebrated young Lithuanian conductor, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, introduced this name to the wider world. Interesting note: Gražinytė-Tyla added the Tyla to her surname. It means silence.