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.
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.
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
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 (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