Baby name
RISING
🇬🇧 🇺🇸 Myra
/MY · rah/
Meaning
“17th-century literary invention by the poet Fulke Greville”
17th-century literary invention by the poet Fulke Greville, possibly derived from Latin myrrha (myrrh) or as an anagram of Mary; used by poets before becoming a given name.
Nicknames
none
Vibe
warmplayful
How it ages.
Peaked in the early 20th century; vintage and soft, positioned for quiet revival.
The cultural moment.
Common in the US and UK through the early 1900s; rare since the 1960s but gaining attention again.