Myra (name)

Myra (name)

Myra (mī'rə or ´maiərə) is а female given name in the English-speaking world. The male equivalent is "Myron".

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 mean Margaret, as it can be the Anglicized version of Mairead, the Scottish version of that name. [ [http://www.whatsinaname.net/php/search.php?search_name=Myra&search_sex=F&action=search&Submit=Submit Details for the forename Myra ] ]

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Origin and Meaning:English meaning of the name Myra for a girl:poetic invention

Greek meaning of the name Myra for a girl:fragrant from myrrh, an aromatic shrub

Hebrew meaning of the name Myra for a boy:I flow, pour out, weep

Latin meaning of the name Myra for a girl:variation of Miranda, admirable


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