Myrna

Where Myrna comes from

An anglicization of Irish Muirne (“beloved”). Popularized by the American actress Myrna Loy.
— Wiktionary's entry for Myrna
  • Irish
  • Vowel-ended
Myrna through the years
  1. 1885
    First appearance
    #658 among girls with 11 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1905
    Myrna Loy born
    American actress
  3. 1934
    Myrna Hansen born
    American actress
  4. 1938
    Peak, #134
    1,801 babies named Myrna, the most in any year.
  5. 1943
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #234.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Irish.
Namesakes
  • Myrna Loy · American actress, 1905–1993
  • Myrna Hansen · American actress, born 1934
  • Myrna Fahey · American actress, 1933–1973
  • Myrna Elizabeth Mack Chang · Guatemalan anthropologist, 1949–1990
  • Myrna Dell · American actress, 1924–2011

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.