Myra (given name) explained

Myra
Gender:	Female
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

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

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 ofwomen	Percentage of women	Rankingwomen	Number ofgirls	Percentageof girls	Rankinggirls
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

Actresses

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

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

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

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

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

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

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!

Notes and References

Book: Hanks. Patrick. Hardcastle. Kate . Hodges. Flavia. 2006. Oxford Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press . 199. 0-19-861060-2.