Myron

Where Myron comes from

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μύρων (Múrōn).
— Wiktionary's entry for Myron
  • Ancient Greek
Along the way
  1. 500 BC
    Myron born
    Athenian sculptor, 5th century BC
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #258 among boys — 42 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1931
    Peak, #192
    680 babies named Myron — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1941
    Myron Scholes born
    Canadian economist
  5. 1977
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #433.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Ancient Greek.
Namesakes
  • Myron Scholes · Canadian economist, born 1941
  • Myron · Athenian sculptor, 5th century BC, 500 BC–500 BC
  • Myron Boadu · Dutch association football player, born 2001
  • Myron Markevych · Ukrainian football manager, born 1951
  • Myron Fohr · racecar driver, 1912–1994

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.