Myra: Meaning, Popularity, Origin of Baby Name Myra | Girls
Origin of the name Myra:
Coined by the poet Fulke Greville (1554 - 1628) for use in his love poems. Some believe it to be a variant of the Irish Moyra; an anagram of Mary; a borrowing of the name of a seaport in ancient Lycia; or from the Latin myrrha (myrrh).
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- #301 in Canada (British Columbia)
