Palmyra

pal-MEE-ra

Greek, place name

"palm tree; pilgrim"

Palmyra Origin and Meaning

The name Palmyra is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "palm tree; pilgrim".

An ancient city in modern-day Syria, which occasionally makes the roster of girl names. Its etymology is uncertain — locally it is called Tadmor, and Palmyra is the Greek version — but it has traditionally been associated with palm trees. It may also be a feminine form of the Italian Palmiro, meaning "pilgrim", ultimately from palma, again meaning "palm tree".

Palmira is an alternative (and more popular) spelling.

The name Palmyra in Pop Culture

• Palmyra daughter to Polydamus in John Dryden's comic play "Marriage à la Mode"(1673)
• Palmyre former slave in "The Grandissimes: A Story of Creole Life" (1880) by George Washington Cable
• Palmyra Syria