Myra Forename
6,097th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 172,022 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Falkland Islands
Myra Forename Definition:
A female name. this name appears to have been invented by Fulke Greville, Lord Brooke (1554-1628) who wrote love poems to a lady whom he so designated (e.g. in his poem ‘I, with whose colours Myra dressed her hair’).
Read More About This ForenameMyra Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 99% | 71,558 | 1:1,481 | 300 |
| United States | 100% | 68,816 | 1:5,268 | 732 |
| England | 100% | 7,856 | 1:7,078 | 645 |
| Canada | 100% | 3,583 | 1:9,247 | 1,115 |
| Scotland | 100% | 2,318 | 1:2,308 | 320 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 2,183 | 1:7,743 | 1,044 |
| South Africa | 100% | 1,512 | 1:36,067 | 4,120 |
| Wales | 100% | 1,376 | 1:2,249 | 386 |
| Guatemala | 99% | 1,170 | 1:13,768 | 1,020 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 1,089 | 1:41,781 | 514 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 874 | 1:35,255 | 4,434 |
| Ireland | 100% | 721 | 1:6,440 | 569 |
| Australia | - | 688 | 1:19,851 | 1,407 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 552 | 1:467,325 | 35,914 |
| Qatar | 100% | 478 | 1:4,957 | 805 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 473 | 1:50,253 | 7,543 |
| Jamaica | - | 456 | 1:6,323 | 892 |
| New Zealand | - | 445 | 1:10,193 | 1,079 |
| Ghana | - | 393 | 1:68,667 | 3,308 |
| Kenya | - | 373 | 1:124,148 | 6,028 |
| Israel | 100% | 326 | 1:25,776 | 2,179 |
| Malaysia | 99% | 319 | 1:95,454 | 6,792 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 264 | 1:736,203 | 14,631 |
| Germany | 100% | 205 | 1:471,599 | 5,116 |
| India | 100% | 200 | 1:6,074,390 | 217,154 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 194 | 1:36,866 | 3,436 |
| DR Congo | 68% | 157 | 1:470,240 | 16,785 |
| Mexico | 100% | 146 | 1:850,304 | 7,441 |
| Belize | 100% | 142 | 1:2,495 | 571 |
| China | - | 136 | 1:10,044,528 | 59,638 |
| Suriname | 100% | 132 | 1:4,188 | 917 |
| Brazil | 100% | 127 | 1:1,686,899 | 37,610 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 125 | 1:10,891 | 1,589 |
| Egypt | - | 108 | 1:850,935 | 16,903 |
| Bahamas | - | 107 | 1:3,732 | 672 |
| Thailand | 100% | 106 | 1:660,998 | 28,302 |
| Kuwait | - | 104 | 1:36,397 | 3,425 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 101 | 1:80,716 | 7,600 |
| Greece | 100% | 95 | 1:115,101 | 2,946 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 93 | 1:112,164 | 5,632 |
| Singapore | 100% | 90 | 1:69,856 | 6,981 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 87 | 1:6,678 | 745 |
| Bahrain | - | 74 | 1:18,225 | 2,605 |
| Malta | - | 68 | 1:6,314 | 764 |
| Sweden | 100% | 63 | 1:156,475 | 5,916 |
| Hong Kong | - | 61 | 1:127,094 | 2,962 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 58 | 1:3,061,454 | 52,972 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 58 | 1:265,928 | 14,718 |
| France | 100% | 57 | 1:1,166,146 | 8,576 |
| Spain | 100% | 55 | 1:845,999 | 8,105 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 52 | 1:1,782 | 417 |
| Guam | - | 49 | 1:3,278 | 650 |
| Belgium | 100% | 47 | 1:244,469 | 5,458 |
| Italy | 100% | 47 | 1:1,299,193 | 10,462 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 45 | 1:78,896 | 1,705 |
| Liberia | 100% | 42 | 1:105,049 | 4,503 |
| Honduras | 100% | 41 | 1:215,060 | 4,860 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 39 | 1:210,602 | 4,800 |
| Bermuda | - | 36 | 1:1,801 | 401 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 33 | 1:55,853 | 1,250 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 33 | 1:26,396 | 1,486 |
| Micronesia | - | 33 | 1:3,227 | 418 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 29 | 1:3,427 | 684 |
| Jersey | - | 29 | 1:3,448 | 479 |
| Zambia | - | 28 | 1:566,243 | 12,318 |
| Panama | 100% | 27 | 1:144,687 | 6,280 |
| Aruba | - | 25 | 1:4,151 | 831 |
| Barbados | - | 25 | 1:11,592 | 1,168 |
| Ecuador | - | 24 | 1:738,622 | 6,595 |
| Chile | 100% | 23 | 1:765,531 | 7,771 |
| Peru | 100% | 22 | 1:1,445,066 | 16,756 |
| Botswana | 100% | 21 | 1:104,021 | 8,595 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 21 | 1:5,226 | 861 |
| Denmark | - | 19 | 1:297,342 | 5,671 |
| Guyana | 100% | 19 | 1:40,172 | 4,023 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 19 | 1:9,359 | 1,306 |
| Grenada | 100% | 18 | 1:6,007 | 933 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 18 | 1:334,352 | 6,829 |
| Norway | 100% | 18 | 1:285,129 | 6,331 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 18 | 1:1,677,883 | 31,093 |
| Lebanon | - | 17 | 1:331,034 | 5,308 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 17 | 1:3,105,195 | 23,654 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 16 | 1:297,997 | 5,686 |
| Uganda | 100% | 16 | 1:2,559,808 | 30,381 |
| Czechia | 60% | 15 | 1:710,411 | 2,940 |
| Japan | - | 14 | 1:9,141,861 | 33,787 |
| Finland | 82% | 13 | 1:421,783 | 5,250 |
| Marshall Islands | 75% | 13 | 1:3,941 | 611 |
| Russia | 67% | 11 | 1:13,112,155 | 45,377 |
| Afghanistan | 86% | 10 | 1:3,262,352 | 23,137 |
| American Samoa | - | 9 | 1:6,205 | 1,322 |
| Argentina | 100% | 9 | 1:4,752,583 | 12,276 |
| Congo | 100% | 9 | 1:556,578 | 9,819 |
| Gibraltar | - | 9 | 1:3,793 | 625 |
| Malawi | 100% | 9 | 1:1,901,368 | 9,999 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 9 | 1:6,074 | 908 |
| Tunisia | - | 9 | 1:75,211 | 3,284 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 7 | 1:4,464 | 919 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 6 | 1:10,216 | 1,399 |
| Macau | - | 6 | 1:101,368 | 818 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 6 | 1:18,597 | 2,290 |
| Algeria | - | 5 | 1:7,635,344 | 12,071 |
| Brunei | - | 5 | 1:83,914 | 1,339 |
| Cameroon | - | 5 | 1:4,322,101 | 63,776 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 5 | 1:4,615,187 | 69,481 |
| Kazakhstan | 67% | 5 | 1:3,549,369 | 21,516 |
| Namibia | - | 5 | 1:480,836 | 6,391 |
| Romania | - | 5 | 1:4,010,395 | 28,162 |
| Vietnam | - | 5 | 1:18,524,623 | 4,897 |
| Austria | 100% | 4 | 1:2,128,550 | 10,134 |
| Bangladesh | - | 4 | 1:39,865,342 | 24,379 |
| Benin | - | 4 | 1:2,643,961 | 45,199 |
| Haiti | - | 4 | 1:2,681,738 | 23,796 |
| Jordan | - | 4 | 1:2,206,694 | 7,695 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 4 | 1:13,715 | 1,549 |
| Togo | - | 4 | 1:1,809,810 | 5,654 |
| Colombia | - | 3 | 1:15,926,309 | 51,235 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 3 | 1:1,047 | 226 |
| Georgia | - | 3 | 1:1,246,155 | 15,822 |
| Oman | - | 3 | 1:1,369,556 | 7,879 |
| Uruguay | - | 3 | 1:1,142,546 | 10,015 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 2 | 1:6,628 | 945 |
| Iceland | - | 2 | 1:183,008 | 5,215 |
| Lithuania | 100% | 2 | 1:1,475,941 | 3,949 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 2 | 1:2,655,032 | 6,915 |
| South Korea | - | 2 | 1:2,772,210 | 27,911 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 1 | 1:18,379,469 | 100,219 |
| Central African Republic | - | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,073 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Curaçao | - | 1 | 1:155,803 | 1,239 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Estonia | - | 1 | 1:1,315,380 | 8,883 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Gabon | - | 1 | 1:1,883,336 | 4,538 |
| Guernsey | - | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Hungary | 100% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Portugal | - | 1 | 1:10,410,866 | 12,786 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 1 | 1:5,829 | 386 |
| Saint Martin | - | 1 | 1:35,746 | 277 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Sudan | - | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Syria | - | 1 | 1:19,306,075 | 9,560 |
| Turkey | - | 1 | 1:77,801,709 | 91,051 |
The alternate forms: Myrä (12), Myrà (1) & Mýrá (1) are calculated separately.
Myra (565) may also be a surname.
Myra Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. this name appears to have been invented by Fulke Greville, Lord Brooke (1554-1628) who wrote love poems to a lady whom he so designated (e.g. in his poem ‘I, with whose colours Myra dressed her hair’).
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
Less frequently, MIRA. Variants of Muriel. This name is a favourite with the poet Crabbe.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
A female name. The termination of some other Christian name; or from Greek μνρρα, myrrh.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
Greek (feminine) - Myrtle.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
My'-ra, from a Greek word, signifying, I flow, pour out, weep. A city of Lycia. Acts xxvii. 5.
— The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar
Meaning: myrrh: myrtle juice.
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
A Latin name, meaning: The admirable. (Greek) Who weeps.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
User-submitted Reference
It is a Celtic name, which means 'filled with mirth' or 'jolly' in Gaelic.
- alannahxcvMyra Forename Popularity
Myra Demographics
Average Myra Salary in
United States
$40,719 USD
Per year
Rank:
241,579 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.0193676
Rank: 695 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
93.54%
Sample size: 39,210 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
Phonetically Similar Names
Myra Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Myra in the Russian language | ||
| Мыра | myra | - |
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