Myra (given name)

Myra
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). He possibly based it on Latin myrra meaning "myrrh" (a fragrant resin obtained from a tree).

The name may be derived from Miranda as it can be the shortened version the name Mira.

The popularity of the name declined sharply in the United Kingdom following the conviction of Myra Hindley for the Moors murders in 1966.^[1]^[2]

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.

People[]

Actresses[]

Myra Turley, American actress
Myra Keaton (1877–1955), American actress
Myra Hemmings (1895–1968), American actress
Myra Turley, American actress
Myra Carter (1930–2016), American actress
Myra De Groot (1937–1988), British actress
Myra Frances (1943–2021), British 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 (born 1939), 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 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

Fictional characters[]

Myra McQueen, a character in Hollyoaks
Myra Sokolov, a character in Totally Spies!
Myra Booth, a character in Coronation Street
Myra Breckinridge, the name of the main character and 1968 novel by Gore Vidal
Myra Driscoll Henshawe, a character in the 1926 novel My Mortal Enemy by Willa Carther
Myra Castellanos, a character in the video game series The Evil Within
Myra Licht, a character in the BBC comedy series Episodes
Myra Santelli, from Girl vs. Monster

References[]

^ 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.

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[O'Neill-1] 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

[Stanford-2] 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.

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