Baby name
FADING
🇩🇪 🇺🇸 🇬🇷 Myron
/MY · ron/
Meaning
“Myrrh or sweet oil”
From Greek myron meaning 'myrrh' or 'sweet oil'; the ancient Greek sculptor Myron created the Discobolus, giving the name classical artistic pedigree.
Nicknames
none
Vibe
gentle
How it ages.
Peaked mid-20th century in the US; feels solidly vintage, not yet revived.
The cultural moment.
Common in the US from the 1920s through 1950s; rare in new births since the 1980s.