Myra is a ♀ girl name.
The name Myra is an invention of the poet Fulke Greville (1554-1628), presumably as an anagram of the name Mary, which derived from Mirjam. It is based on Latin “myrra” as well.
Myra means “myrrh” in Latin, and deriving from Mary and Miriam “sea of bitterness”, “drop of the sea”, “star of the sea”, “rebelliousness”, “exalted one”, “beloved” and “wished for child”.
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