Myra

The name Myra peaked for boys at #3198 in 1958. Myra is also used for girls, ranking #663 in 2025.

The name Myra is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "sweet-smelling oil".

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As with many grandmother-y names, this choice may be coming back into style.
 Myra was invented in the seventeenth century by a poet called Fulke Greville as a short form of Miranda--or perhaps an anagram of Mary-- and it quickly caught on with other poets and romantic novelists, particularly popular with the Scots. There were leading characters named Myra in Sinclair Lewis's novel Babbitt and in Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy. Later it was the name of the central character in Gore Vidal's 1968 Myra Breckinridge, and plays a minor role in the Divergent. trilogy.
 Myra was as high as Number 158 in the 1880s. A notable namesake is the great pianist, Dame Myra Hess.

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The name Myra is currently ranked #663 in U.S. births. and peaked for girls at #158 in 1880. The name is most popular in Delaware, New Jersey, and New Jersey. Myra is occasionally used for boys in 1986.

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