Munro Name Meaning, Origin & Popularity

About Munro

Possibly to honor Canadian short story writer Alice -- though Alice is more far accessible and--until very recently-- nearly as distinctive.

Takes Monroe out of the Dead Presidents category and gives it new life.

Pronounced MUN-roh.

As of November 2026, Munro ranked #11802 for boys in US births in 2023 SSA, peaked at #9417 for boys in 2016.

These 40 names were selected by our users looking for other names like Munro.

Alice MunroGirl
winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature
Munro ChambersBoy
Canadian actor; twin brother Thomas Chambers
Munro Leaf (born Wilbur Monroe Leaf)Boy
American children's author
Douglas MunroBoy
only member of the US Coast Guard to be awarded the Medal of Honor

Cora and Alice MunroGirl
characters in James Fenimore Cooper's ''The last of the Mohicans''
"MunroBoy
" 1961 animated film about a 4,year,old boy who joins the army

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