Myr
given name · Latin script
Meaning: megayear
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/miə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Myr is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Philippines than in any other country.
- SESweden1 in 144K(measured from records)
- ISIceland1 in 351K
- BEBelgium≈1 in 404K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Philippines (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 77 (measured from records)
- 1 in 144K (inferred from the name graph)
≈220 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Sweden
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
megayear
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Myr counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PH Philippines | ≈220 est. | ≈1 in 493K | — | Myr | 27 |
| FR France | ≈76 est. | ≈1 in 890K | 12 | Myr | 77 |
| SE Sweden | 71 | 1 in 144K | 71 | — | 13 |
| US United States | ≈49 est. | ≈1 in 6.8M | — | Myr | 69 |
| BE Belgium | ≈29 est. | ≈1 in 404K | — | Myr | 5 |
| IS Iceland | 1 | 1 in 351K | 1 | — | — |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Myr is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Welsh, nasal mutation of byr (“short”)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
ISO 4217 currency code for the Malaysian ringgit.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In gmq-ogt, a bog, (less specifically) a moor, a wetland
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In gml, alternative form of mure
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Norwegian Nynorsk, a bog, marsh, swamp
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 11 sources across 8 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 48 | #13,175 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 12 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 10 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 8 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 5 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1891 | 5 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 3 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 3 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 3 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 1 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1911 | 1 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | — | — |
Reference works 1
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Myr mean, and where does it come from?
- megayear Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Myr?
- A machine transcription gives /miə/ (IPA) for English.
- Is Myr a male or female name?
- Myr is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Myr have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 221 people named Myr in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled myr.
- Where is Myr most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Myr is densest in Sweden — about 1 in 144 thousand people — even though Philippines holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Myr?
- In Sweden, the national register counted 71 people named Myr, about 1 in 144 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Myr?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/myrThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Myr”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.