Myra (given name)
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Other names | |
| Related names | Miranda, Mira, Myron |
The name Myra was created by the 17th-century poet Fulke Greville 1st Barone Brooke (1554–1628). Its origins are unknown, though some speculate the created name is an anagram of the name Mary, a variant spelling of the Latin word myrrha, meaning myrrh, a fragrant resin obtained from a tree, or derived from the Latin mirari, meaning wonder, the same source from which William Shakespeare derived the invented name Miranda.[1]
Origin and meaning
[edit]- English meaning of the name Myra for a girl: poetic invention
- Greek meaning of the name Myra for a girl: myrrh, an aromatic shrub. Myra is associated with the same "myrrh" that, according to Matthew, was brought as a gift to the infant Jesus by the Magi, along with gold and frankincense.
- Latin meaning of the name Myra for a girl: variation of Miranda, admirable, extraordinary
- Arabic meaning of the name Myra for a girl : Aristocratic Lady
- Hebrew meaning of the name Myra for a girl : Seadew
- Biblical meaning of the name Myra for a girl : I flow, pour out, weep
- Sanskrit meaning of the name Myra for a girl : Beloved, Favorable, Admirable.
- Japanese Kanji meaning of the name Maira 舞良: 舞 means "dance." 良 means "good."
Distribution
[edit]The table below provides a detailed overview of the popularity of the female name Myra and variants of this in some of the countries where statistics are available.
| Land | Name form | Number of
women |
Percentage
of women |
Ranking
women |
Number of
girls |
Percentage
of girls |
Ranking
girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Lucia | Myra | (2005) | that. 0.4% | that. 4 . | |||
| Honduras | Maira | (2010) | 9. | ||||
| India | Myra | (2012) | 12. | ||||
| Ecuador | Mayra | 20 664 (2013) | 0,3 % | 24. | |||
| India | Mayra | (2012) | 25. | ||||
| Zimbabwe | Moira | (2012) | that. 0.4% | that. 32 . | |||
| Nicaragua | Mayra | 7 128 (2003) | 0,2 % | 33. | |||
| Colombia | Maira | (2010) | that. 0.3% | 50. | |||
| Argentina | Maira | (2005) | that. 0.3% | 91. | |||
| South Africa | Moira | that. 100,000 (2012) | that. 0.6% | that. 93 . | |||
| Philippines | Myra | that. 80,000 (2012) | that. 0.2% | that. 169 . | |||
| Great Britain | Moira | that. 40,000 (2005) | that. 0.1% | that. 187 . | |||
| Great Britain | Myra | that. 30,000 (2005) | that. 0.08% | that. 225 . | |||
| Germany | Maira | (2012) | 324. | ||||
| USA | Myra | 60 386 (1990) | 0,04 % | 385. | |||
| Germany | Mayra | (2012) | 420. | ||||
| Sweden | Myra | 13 (2012) | 0,03 % | 472. | |||
| Netherlands | Mayra | 26 (2007) | 0,03 % | 512. | |||
| USA | Mayra | 27 174 (1990) | 0,02 % | 635. | |||
| Netherlands | Myra | 15 (2007) | 0,02 % | 806. | |||
| Netherlands | Moira | 14 (2007) | 0,02 % | 846. |
People
[edit]Actresses
[edit]- Myra Turley, American actress
- Myra Keaton (1877–1955), American actress
- Myra Hemmings (1895–1968), American actress
- Myra Carter (1930–2016), American actress
- Myra De Groot (1937–1988), British actress
- Myra Frances (1943–2021), British actress
- Myra Singh Indian child actress
Musicians
[edit]- Myra Melford (born 1957), American jazz pianist and composer
- Myra Taylor (singer) (1917-2011), American jazz singer and songwriter
- Myra Hess (1890–1965), British pianist
- Myra Maimoh (born 1982), Cameroon singer
- Myra Merritt, American operatic soprano
- Myra Molloy (born 1997), Thai singer-songwriter and actress
- Myra Brooks Turner (1936-2017), American composer and music educator
- Myra Barnes, the birth name of Vicki Anderson (1939–2023), American soul singer
Politics
[edit]- Myra Barry (born 1957), Irish Fine Gael politician
- Myra Jehlen, American Board of Governors Professor of English at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey
- Myra Virginia Simmons (1880-1965), American suffragist
- Myra Freeman (born 1949), Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia
- Myra Ndjoku Manianga, Congo politician
- Myra McDaniel (1932-2010), the first African American to be the Secretary of State of Texas
- Myra Tanner Weiss (1917–1997), American Trotskyist
- Myra Crownover (born 1947), American politician
- Myra C. Selby (born 1955), American former nominee to be a United States Circuit Judge
- Myra Wolfgang (1914-1976), American labor leader and women's rights activist between the 1930s and 1970s
- Myra Sadd Brown (1872-1938), British campaigner for women's rights, an activist and internationalist
- Myra Curtis (1886–1971), British civil servant
Sports
[edit]- Myra Moller (born 1984), New Zealander cyclist
- Myra Wood, American lawn bowls international
- Myra Lakdawala, American-born former athlete for Pakistan
- Myra Nimmo (born 1954), Scottish athlete and academic
- Myra Blackwelder (born 1955), American professional golfer
Writers
[edit]- Myra Schneider (born 1936), British poet
- Myra Sklarew (born 1934), American poet, teacher and biologist
- Myra Morris (1893-1966), Australian poet, novelist, and writer for children
- Myra Taylor (scriptwriter) (1934-2012), British television scriptwriter
- Myra MacPherson (born 1934), American author
- Myra Kelly (1875–1910), Irish-American author and schoolteacher
- Myra Nye (1875-1955), American writer
- Myra Bairstow, American writer
- Myra Bradwell (1831-1894), American publisher and political activist
- Myra Douglas (1844–?), American writer, poet
- Myra Sajid (born Sajid Zaki), Pakistani dramatist, playwright and scriptwriter
- Myra Orth (1934-2002), American art historian
- Myra Belle Martin (1861-?), American teacher, writer, and financier
- Myra Bradwell Helmer Pritchard (1889-1947), American writer and golfer
- Myra Gale Brown (born 1944), American author
- Myra Roper (1911–2002), British-born Australian author and broadcaster
Other
[edit]- Myra MacDonald, Scottish journalist
- Myra Louise Bunce (1854–1919), English designer and painter
- Myra Bennett (1890–1990), British celebrated nurse
- Myra Albert Wiggins (1869–1956), American painter and pictorial photographer who became a member of the important early 20th century Photo-Secession movement
- Myra Kukiiyaut (1929–2006), Inuit artist
- Myra Landau (1926–2018), Romanian-born artist and abstract painter
- Myra Juliet Farrell (1878–1957), Australian visionary, inventor and artist
- Myra Louise Taylor (1881–1939), British nursing superintendent
- Myra English (1933–2001), Hawaiian entertainer and celebrity tourism promoter
- Myra Hindley (1942–2002), English serial killer, known as one of the perpetrators of the Moors murders
- Myra Wilson, British computer scientist
- Myra Soble (1904–1992), Russian spy
- Myra Marx Ferree (born 1949), former professor of sociology and director of the Center for German and European Studies
- Myra Hart, founder of Staples Inc.
- Myra Kinch (1904–1981), American dancer
- Myra Knox (1853–1915), Canadian-born American physician
- Myra Kraft (1942–2011), American philanthropist
- Myra Shackley (born 1949), British professor
- Myra Reynolds (1853–1936), American literary scholar
- Myra Reynolds Richards (1882–1934), American sculptor and teacher
- Myra Sidharta (born 1927), Chinese psychologist
- Myra B. Spafard (1864–1940), American artist
- Myra Clark Gaines (1804–1885), American socialite and plaintiff
- Myra Kingman (1873–1922), American journalist
- Myra Smith Kearse (1899–1982), American physician and community leader in New Jersey
- Myra Adele Logan (1908–1977), American physician, surgeon and anatomist who was the first woman to perform open heart surgery
- Myra Butter (1925–2022), British aristocrat and thoroughbred racehorse owner
- Myra Greene is an American photographer
Fictional characters
[edit]- Myra, a minor character in the Divergent books
- Myra Booth, a character in TV series Coronation Street
- Myra Breckinridge, the name of the main character and 1968 novel by Gore Vidal
- Myra Bruhl, a character in the play Deathtrap and in the film version with the same name
- Myra Castellanos, a character in the video game series The Evil Within
- Myra Driscoll Henshawe, a character in the 1926 novel My Mortal Enemy by Willa Carther
- Myra Licht, a character in the BBC comedy series Episodes
- Myra McQueen, a character in TV series Hollyoaks
- Myra Menke, a character in the book Holes by Louis Sachar
- Myra Monkhouse, a character in TV series Family Matters
- Myra Santelli, from the 2012 movie Girl vs. Monster
- Myra Sokolov, a character in the animated series Totally Spies!
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). Oxford Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press. p. 199. ISBN 0-19-861060-2.
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