Has anyone named their child Myra in the last 20 years or so
2007-01-27 07:29:26 · 31 answers · asked by Bill T 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
Myra is still a reasonably popular name in America - in the 1990's it was the 804th most popular female name. It is steadily declining in popularity though, as it was 303rd in the 1900's.
2007-01-27 07:35:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I think that the name Myra has understandably fallen out of fashion in the UK. Information for those not in the UK, Myra Hindley and Ian Brady were very notorious child killers in the 1960's. Her obituary is here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/452614.stm
When enough time has passed that the general public don't remember what happened to those poor children then I'm sure Myra will be "acceptable" again.
2007-01-27 15:47:40 · answer #2 · answered by lululaluau 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think nowadays most children in school wouldn't even know who Myra Hindley was so calling a child Myra would be accepted. I think Myra is a lovely name .
2007-01-31 13:48:49 · answer #3 · answered by scorpionbabe32 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't choose that name, myra hindley!! Thats what the child will get called at school, or if people ask you the name you chose for a child and you said Myra, they would just think of her, its like calling a child hitler, you just don't to it. Try alternatives lile mia
2007-01-27 15:36:31 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have never heard of a child called Myra. But would their generation know who Myra Hindley is?? So would it matter if you called your child Myra??
2007-01-29 18:11:11 · answer #5 · answered by Darren H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check out this site (you may have to reload a couple times to get it to work right): http://www.babynamewizard.com/namevoyager/lnv0105.html
You can input any name and it will give you the ranking out of the top 1000 names, going back to 1880. Myra ranked 945 out of 1000 in the year 2003, it hit a top of 235 ranked name during the 1940s. Hope that helps.
2007-01-27 15:42:15 · answer #6 · answered by Heather Y 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well it's probably about as popular as Adolf in the UK these days, but I recon that some people who have kids will be too young to remember Myra Hindley so it may become popular again.
2007-01-27 15:39:22 · answer #7 · answered by monkeymanelvis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't have thought there would be many Myra's in U.K due to Myra Hindley.
Don't know about the U.S
2007-01-27 15:38:01 · answer #8 · answered by lola 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The last time Myra ranked in the most popular 1000 baby names was 2003 at #983. see this website....
http://www.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/babyname.cgi
2007-01-27 16:45:33 · answer #9 · answered by lunachick 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My friend called her daughter Myra. She was beautiful and born in the lovely summer of 1979.
Unfortunately, she developed some strange tendencies, and was stoned to death in the playground by an angry mob in Year 5 .
Co-incidence? Maybe, but I would recommend an alternative name.
Maxine perhaps?
2007-01-27 15:44:50 · answer #10 · answered by onedaviecooper 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋