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MYRA

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English

Pronounced: MIE-rə   [key]

Created by the 17th-century poet Fulke Greville. He possibly based it on Latin myrra meaning "myrrh" (a fragrant resin obtained from a tree). Otherwise, he may have simply rearranged the letters from the name MARY.
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