Myna

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 7 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
7
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Myna by the numbers

Myna was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 10 babies in 1919, making it a 1910s name.

What we can tell you about Myna

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Myna. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Myamine; a modern respelling of Mia or form of Maria1,728 in the US (2017)
  • Myramyrrh or fragrant oil612 in the US (2017)
  • Minafish100 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Monasolitary or alone116 in the US (2017)
  • Mykawho is like God; a modern spelling of Micah85 in the US (2017)
  • Munadesire, wish9 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Myna

Names that are said the same way as Myna, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Minnawill, desire; or memory, remembrance12 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Minnahfish; from Hebrew minnah18 in the US (2017)
  • Minah8 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Myna

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