Myra (given name)
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Other names | |
| Related names | Mira, [Myron (given name) |
The name was created by the 17th-century poet Fulke Greville 1st Barone Brooke (1554–1628). He possibly based it on Latin myrra meaning "myrrh". Myrrh is a fragrant resin obtained from a tree.
The name may also be derived from Margaret, as it can be the anglicized version of Mairead, the Scottish version of that name.[1]
It is distinct from "Mira".
The popularity of the name declined sharply in the United Kingdom following the conviction of Myra Hindley for the moors murders in 1966.[2][3]
Origin and Meaning
- 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 Three Kings, 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
- Sanskrit meaning of the name Myra for a girl : Beloved
- Hebrew meaning of the name Myra for a girl : Seadew
- Swedish meaning of the name Myra for a girl: Ant
People
- Myra Albert Wiggins (1869–1956), American painter and pictorial photographer
- Myra Barry (born 1957), Irish Fine Gael politician
- Myra Bennett (1890–1990)
- Myra Bradwell (1831–1894)
- Myra Gale Brown (born 1944)
- Myra Carter (born 1930), American actress
- Myra De Groot (1937–1988)
- Myra English (1933–2001), Hawaiian entertainer and celebrity tourism promoter
- Myra Marx Ferree (born 1949)
- Myra Frances (born 1943), British actress
- Myra Freeman (born 1949), Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia
- Myra Hart
- Myra Hemmings (1895–1968)
- Myra Hess (1890–1965), British pianist
- Myra Hindley (1942–2002), a British perpetrator of the Moors murders
- Myra Keaton (1877–1955)
- Myra Kinch (1904–1981)
- Myra Kraft
- Myra Landau (born 1926)
- Myra Maimoh (born 1982)
- Myra Ndjoku Manianga
- Myra Melford (born 1957)
- Myra Merritt
- Myra Moller (born 1983)
- Myra Nicholson (1894–2007), Australian supercentenarian
- Myra Schneider
- Myra Shackley
- Myra Sidharta (born 1927)
- Myra Sklarew
- Myra Soble (born 1904), Russian spy
- Myra Louise Taylor (1881–1939)
- Myra Turley, American actress
- Myra Tanner Weiss (1917–1997)
- Myra Wilson
References
- ^ Details for the forename Myra
- ^ Brendan O'Neill (February 13, 2008). "Help, my name's Lolita". BBC News. Retrieved June 13, 2018.
In Britain, the name Myra declined in popularity following the Moors Murders
- ^ Peter Stanford (November 15, 2002). "Myra Hindley". The Guardian. Retrieved June 13, 2018.
There is a small group of once popular Christian names that have fallen out of use because of their association with one hated individual. [...] you can count on the fingers of one hand the Myras born in this country since 1966.
See also
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