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Myra (given name)

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Mira, Myron, Miranda

Myra (/ˈmaɪərə/ MYRE-ə) together with its other orthographical version Mira is a feminine given name with varying meanings. It is related to the Latin and Slavic words for "wonder", "peace" and "wonderful". It is also а female given name in the English-speaking world. The male equivalent is Myron.

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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.

It is distinct from "Mira" which has a different origin.

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 Ansley (1990)
  • 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 Minter (born 1985)
  • 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
  • Myra Bebit
  • Myra Khalid

    • References

    Myra (given name) Wikipedia
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