Myrah
Meaning of Myrah
Myrah is a feminine appellation that crystallizes the intersection of classical lexicon and contemporary onomastic innovation: as an elaboration of the 17th-century coinage Myra—likely itself rooted in the Latin and Greek myrrha “myrrh”—it gains further semantic depth through orthographic convergence with the Arabic Mīrah “princess” and Sanskrit mirah “admirable.” Phonologically rendered in Anglo-American usage as /ˈmaɪrə/, the name conforms to established disyllabic stress paradigms, facilitating its methodical integration into naming registers; demographic analysis of United States Social Security data reveals a mid-century peak at rank 591 in 1941, followed by attenuation and recent stabilization in the nine-hundreds bracket (907th in 2024 with 43 occurrences), indicative of a sustained yet specialized presence. Semantically, the resinous connotations of myrrh evoke notions of endurance, refinement and subtle opulence, thematic parameters frequently invoked in technical explorations of contemporary naming motives.
Pronunciation
American English
- Pronunced as MY-ruh (/ˈmaɪrə/)
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Notable People Named Myrah
| Myrah Keating Smith - |
