Myron (given name)
Appearance
Myron (Ukrainian: Мирон) is a masculine given name used in English-speaking and Eastern European countries including Romania, Ukraine and Russia (in the countries of the former USSR it is usually spelled Miron, except for Ukraine where Myron is used). Non-religious or Christianized Jews have used this name as a Gentile replacement of the Jewish name Meir.[1]
The name was originally in honor of the ancient Greek sculptor Myron (Greek Μύρων), whose name meant 'myrrh, perfume'.[2] The female equivalent of Myron is considered to be Myra. Among modern Greeks, it may be in honor of Saint Myron, archbishop of Crete (~250–350), and may take the form Myros, with the vocative Myro.
Notable people
[edit]- Myron, Athenian sculptor from the mid-5th century BC
- Myron Allen (1854–1924), American MLB player
- Myron Angel (1827–1911), American historian and journalist
- Myron Anyfantakis (born 1939), Greek athlete
- Myron Arms Hofer (born 1931), American psychiatrist and research scientist
- Myron Atkinson (1927–2017), American politician
- Myron Augsburger (born 1929), American Mennonite pastor, professor, theologian, and author
- Myron Avery (1899–1952), American lawyer, hiker, and explorer
- Myron B. Gessaman (1894–1975), American politician and army veteran
- Myron B. Williams (c. 1817–1884), American lawyer, politician, and pioneer
- Myron Baker (born 1971), American former NFL player
- Myron Bell (born 1971), American former NFL player
- Myron Benjamin Wright (1847–1894), American politician
- Myron Bereza (1936–2012), Canadian international soccer player
- Myron Blank (1911–2005), American movie theater chain head and philanthropist
- Myron Boadu (born 2001), Dutch professional footballer
- Myron Brakke (1921–2007), American biochemist and microbiologist
- Myron Brinig (1896–1991), Jewish-American author
- Myron Brown (born 1969), American former professional basketball player
- Myron Butler (born 1974), American gospel musician, record producer, singer-songwriter, music director, vocalist, organist, and pianist
- Myron C. Cramer (1881–1966), American army general
- Myron Charles Taylor (1874–1959), American industrialist and diplomat
- Myron Cohen (1902–1986), American comedian and raconteur
- Myron Cope (1929–2008), American sports journalist, radio personality, and sportscaster
- Myron Cottrell, American automobile businessman
- Myron Coureval Fagan (1887–1972), American writer, producer, and film- and theater director
- Myron Daciuk (1919–1996), Canadian Ukrainian Greek Catholic hierarch
- Myron Davis (1919–2010), American photojournalist
- Myron Demkiw, Canadian police officer
- Myron Donovan Crocker (1915–2010), American district judge
- Myron Dorn (born 1954), American senator
- Myron Dossett (born 1961), American politician
- Myron Dupree (born 1961), American former NFL player
- Myron E. Leavitt (1930–2004), American politician
- Myron E. Ullman (born 1946), American retail chief executive
- Myron E. Witham (1880–1973), American football player, coach of football and baseball, and mathematics professor
- Myron Ebell (born 1952/1953), American climate change denier
- Myron F. Diduryk (1938–1970), American army major
- Myron Fass (1926–2006), American publisher
- Myron Fernandes (born 1993), Indian professional footballer
- Myron Field, American bridge player
- Myron Fink (born 1932), American opera composer
- Myron Floren (1919–2005), American accordionist and band leader
- Myron Fohr (1912–1994), American racecar driver
- Myron Fuller (1889–1949), American football player and coach
- Myron Goldfinger, American architect
- Myron Goldsmith (1918–1996), American architect and designer
- Myron Gordon (disambiguation), several people
- Myron Grimshaw (1875–1936), American MLB player
- Myron Guyton (born 1967), American former football player
- Myron H. Bright (1919–2016), American lawyer and jurist
- Myron H. Clark (1806–1892), American politician
- Myron H. McCord (1840–1908), American politician, businessman, and military officer
- Myron H. Ranney (1845/1846-1910), American Civil War soldier
- Myron H. Thompson (born 1947), American district court judge
- Myron H. Wilson (1887–1962), American businessman and insurance executive
- Myron Healey (1923–2005), American actor
- Myron Henry Clark (1881–1953), American chemical engineer, management consultant, college director
- Myron Henry Feeley (1885–1976), American-born farmer and Canadian political figure
- Myron Henry Phelps (1856–1916), American lawyer and religious writer
- Myron Holley (1779–1841), American politician
- Myron Holly Kimball (1827–1912), American photographer, real estate speculator, and collector
- Myron Hunt (1868–1952), American architect
- Myron J. Cotta (born 1953), American Roman Catholic prelate
- Myron Jackson (born 1964), American retired NBA player
- Myron Just (born 1941), American politician and farmer
- Myron Kaufmann (1921–2010), American novelist
- Myron Kerstein, American film editor
- Myron Kolatch (born 1929), American magazine editor
- Myron Korduba (1876–1947), Ukrainian historian, professor, and author
- Myron Kowalsky (1941–2022), Canadian politician and teacher
- Myron Kulas (born 1942), American politician
- Myron Kunin (1928–2013), American businessman and art collector
- Myron L. Bender (1924–1988), American biochemist
- Myron L. Coulter (1929–2011), American university professor, administrator, and president/chancellor
- Myron L. Good (1923–1999), American physicist and professor
- Myron L. Weisfeldt (born 1940), American cardiologist and physician-scientist
- Myron Lapka (born 1956), American former NFL player
- Myron Lawrence (1799–1852), American lawyer and politician
- Myron Leskiw (1909–1997), Russian-born American army soldier
- Myron Levoy (1930–2019), American author
- Myron Lewis (born 1987), American former NFL player
- Myron Lizer, American politician and businessman
- Myron Lowery, American mayor, politician, and former television news anchor
- Myron M. Cowen (1898–1965), American lawyer and diplomat
- Myron M. Kinley (1898–1978), American pioneer and firefighter
- Myron Magnet (born 1944), American journalist and historian
- Myron Markevych (born 1951), Ukrainian former footballer, and current head coach of Metalist Kharkiv
- Myron Mathisson (1897–1940), Polish theoretical physicist
- Myron McCormick (1908–1962), American stage-, radio-, and film actor
- Myron Mendes, Indian professional footballer
- Myron Michailidis (born 1968), Greek conductor
- Myron Mitchell (born 1998), American football player
- Myron Mixon (born 1962), American celebrity chef
- Myron N. Dobashi (born 1943), American retired brigadier general
- Myron Neth (born 1968), American politician
- Myron Nettinga (born 1967), American sound engineer
- Myron Newton Morris (1810–1885), American minister and politician
- Myron Noodleman (1958–2017), American sports clown
- Myron Norton (1822–1886), American attorney and army soldier
- Myron of Crete (c. 250-c. 350), Crete bishop
- Myron of Priene, Ancient Greek author
- Myron Olson (1928–1992), American politician and military personnel
- Myron Orfield (born 1961), American law professor
- Myron P. Lindsley (1825–1883), American attorney and politician
- Myron P. Lotto (1925–2017), American politician
- Myron P. Zalucki (born 1954), Australian professor emeritus
- Myron "Pinky" Thompson (1924–2001), Hawaiian social worker and community leader
- Myron Penn (born 1972), American former lawyer and politician
- Myron Pottios (born 1939), American former NFL player
- Myron Prinzmetal (1908–1987), American cardiologist
- Myron Pryor (born 1986), American former NFL player
- Myron Reed (disambiguation), several people
- Myron Roderick (1934–2011), American wrestler, head college coach of wrestling and tennis, and college athletics administrator
- Myron Rolle (born 1986), Bahamian-American neurosurgeon and former football safety
- Myron Rosander (1960–2015), American designer and musician
- Myron Rush (1922–2018), American academic
- Myron S. Cohen (born 1950), American physician-scientist
- Myron S. McNeil (1873–1944), American politician and state senator from Mississippi
- Myron Samuel (born 1992), Vincentian international footballer
- Myron Samuel Malkin (1924–1994), American physicist and military personnel
- Myron Scholes (born 1941), Canadian economist and Nobel Prize winner, a co-author of Black–Scholes model for option pricing
- Myron Scott (1907–1998), American businessperson and inventor
- Myron Seiliger (1874–1952), Russian physicist and university professor
- Myron Selznick (1898–1944), American film producer and talent agent
- Myron Sharaf (1926–1997), American writer and psychotherapist
- Myron Shongwe (born 1981), South African footballer
- Myron Sifakis (born 1960), Greek retired goalkeeper and current football manager
- Myron Simpson (born 1990), New Zealand semi-professional road- and track cyclist
- Myron Solberg (1930–2001), American food scientist
- Myron Spaulding (1905–2000), American sailor, yacht designer and builder, and concert violinist
- Myron Stankiewicz (born 1935), Canadian retired NHL and AHL player
- Myron Stevens (1901–1988), American racecar driver and builder
- Myron Stevens (American football), American college football player
- Myron Stolaroff (1920–2013), American author, inventor, and drug researcher
- Myron Stout (1908–1987), American abstract painter
- Myron Sulzberger (1878–1956), Jewish-American lawyer, politician, and judge
- Myron T. Herrick (1854–1929), American banker, diplomat, and politician
- Myron T. Steele, American former chief justice and state court judge
- Myron Tagovailoa-Amosa (born 1999), American football player
- Myron Tarnavsky (1869–1938), Ukrainian army supreme commander
- Myron Thomas (1916–1987), American coal miner
- Myron Thompson (1936–2019), Canadian politician
- Myron Tribus (1921–2016), American organizational theorist and educator
- Myron Tsosie, American politician
- Myron V. George (1900–1972), American politician
- Myron van Brederode (born 2003), Dutch professional footballer
- Myron W. Krueger (born 1942), American computer artist
- Myron W. Wentz (born 1940), American-born Mexican chief executive and microbiologist
- Myron W. Whitney (1836–1910), American bass opera singer
- Myron Walden (born 1972), American jazz musician
- Myron Waldman (1908–2006), American animator and director at Fleischer Studios and Famous Studios
- Myron "Mike" Wallace (1918–2012), American television news reporter and anchor for 60 Minutes
- Myron Walter "Moe" Drabowsky (1935–2006), American MLB pitcher
- Myron Walwyn (born 1972), British Virgin Islands lawyer and politician
- Myron Weiner (1931–1999), American political scientist
- Myron White (1957–2018), American MLB player
- Myron Winslow Adams (1860–1939), American clergyman and educator
- Myron Wolf Child (1983–2007), Canadian youth activist, public speaker, and politician
- Myron Worobec, Ukrainian-American international footballer
References
[edit]- ^ "Русско-еврейские имена" [Russian-Jewish names] (in Russian). Большая Хоральная Синагога Санкт-Петербурга. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
- ^ Evans, C.K. (2006). The Great Big Book of Baby Names. Publications International Ltd.