Myra


Gender:
Origin: Latin
84 famous people named Myra found on Wikipedia.
60355 female, 51 male in US.
Most recent ranking: 491-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 158-th in year 1880
Used in: English

Meanings

A female given name: from a Latin word meaning “extraordinary.”.

Myra (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.
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".

Myrrh, unguent.

Famous People: 84 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Myra Kraft 1942 American philanthropist
2 Myra McQueen
3 Myra Hindley 1942 British murderer
4 Myra Hess 1890 British pianist
5 Myra 1986 MEXICAN/AMERICAN SINGER
6 Myra Frances 1943 British actress
7 Myra Keaton 1877 Film actress
8 Myra Bradwell 1831 American publisher and political activist
9 Myra Carter 1930 American actress
10 Myra Molloy 1997 Thai-American singer
11 Myra Hemmings 1895 American actress
12 Myra Turley 1947 American actress
13 Myra Koomen 1966 Dutch politician
14 Myra De Groot 1937 English actress
15 Myra Melford 1957 Jazz pianist and composer
16 Myra Soble 1904 American spy for the Soviet Union
17 Myra Tanner Weiss 1917 American politician
18 Myra Adele Logan 1908 Physician
19 Myra MacPherson 1935 American writer & journalist
20 Myra Crownover 1947 American politician
21 Myra Freeman 1949 Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia
22 Myra Clark Gaines 1804 Plaintiff in the longest lawsuit in US history
23 Myra C. Selby 1955
24 Myra Hart American businessman
25 Myra Ruiz
26 Myra Monoka 1990
27 Mercy Myra Kenyan musician
28 Myra Juliet Farrell 1878 Australian visionary, inventor and artist
29 Myra Marx Ferree 1949 American sociologist
30 Myra Bennett 1890 Canadian nurse
31 Myra Landau 1926 Romanian artist
32 Myra Taylor 1917 American jazz singer and songwriter
33 Myra Shackley 1949 British archaeologist
34 Myra Wilson British computer scientist
35 Myra Nicholson 1894 Australian supercentenarian
36 Myra Strober 1940 American educationalist
37 Myra Sajid 1975 Pakistani screenwriter
38 Myra Keen 1905 American malacologist and invertebrate paleontologist
39 Myra Barry 1957 Irish politician
40 Myra Cree 1937 Canadian television presenter
41 Myra Reynolds Richards 1882 American artist
42 Myra Sidharta 1927 Indonesian writer
43 Myra Albert Wiggins 1869 American photographer
44 Myra Louise Taylor 1881 Canadian nurse
45 Myra Ward 1916 Dutch actress
46 Myra Çakan 2000 German author
47 Myra Kinch 1904 American actress
48 Myra Merritt Singer
49 Myra Jehlen 1940
50 Myra Kelly 1875 American writer
51 Myra Greene 1975 American photographer
52 Myra English 1933 Popular performer of Hawaiian music and celebrity in Hawaii
53 Myra Sklarew 1934 American poet
54 Myra Hunter British psychologist
55 Myra Moller 1983 New Zealand racing cyclist
56 Myra Maimoh 1982 Cameroonian singer
57 Myra Nimmo 1954 British long jumper, hurdler and pentathlete
58 Myra Warhaftig 1930 Israeli architect and author
59 Myra Wolfgang 1914 American labor unionist
60 Myra Schneider British poet
61 Myra Bairstow American art historian
62 Myra Cohen 1892 Barber, dental assistant, entertainer, milliner
63 Myra Lee Jia Wen 1994 Diver
64 Myra Horner Camden Atkinson 1844 First Lady of West Virginia
65 Myra Musselmann-Carr 1871 American sculptor
66 Myra Brodsky
67 Myra Morris 1893 Poet, novelist and writer for children
68 Myra Ndjoku Manianga Democratic Republic of the Congo politician
69 Myra Kemble 1857 Australian actress
70 Abraham Myra 1639 Finnish painter
71 Lars Myra Finnish painter
72 Myra Römer 1946 Dutch painter and writer
73 Myra Nye 1875 Writer, journalist, and clubwoman
74 Myra Manganye 1986 SA's Ultimate Brand Ambassador 2013
75 Petter Andersson på Myra 1857
76 Giovanni Trulles de Myra 1600 Spanish archbishop
77 Myra McDaniel
78 Myra Curtis 1886 English civil servant and college head
79 Myra Stimson 1961
80 Myra Brooks Welch 1877 American poet
81 Myra Blanch
82 Harold Myra
83 Myra E. Luxmoore 1851 British painter (1851-1919)
84 Myra Mayberry-Wilkinson