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
Along the way
  1. 1885
    First appearance
    #658 among girls, 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 — more than any year before or since.
  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.