Myra (given name)
E231447
Myra is a feminine given name of English origin, often considered a poetic or invented name that gained popularity in the 17th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Myra (given name) canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2081235 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Myra (given name) Context triple: [Myra, West Virginia, namedFor, Myra (given name)]
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A.
Myra Finn
Myra Finn was the first wife of renowned American lyricist and musical theatre producer Oscar Hammerstein II.
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B.
Naima
Naima is a character in the gospel musical and film "Black Nativity," which reimagines the Nativity story through an African-American cultural and spiritual lens.
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C.
Maureen
Maureen is a feminine given name of Irish origin, commonly used in English-speaking countries.
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D.
Mia
Mia is a major fine art museum in Minneapolis, Minnesota, known for its extensive and diverse collection spanning thousands of years and cultures.
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E.
Cynthia
Cynthia is a common feminine given name used in various cultures, often associated with the Greek moon goddess Artemis.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Myra (given name) Target entity description: Myra is a feminine given name of English origin, often considered a poetic or invented name that gained popularity in the 17th century.
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A.
Myra Finn
Myra Finn was the first wife of renowned American lyricist and musical theatre producer Oscar Hammerstein II.
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B.
Naima
Naima is a character in the gospel musical and film "Black Nativity," which reimagines the Nativity story through an African-American cultural and spiritual lens.
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C.
Maureen
Maureen is a feminine given name of Irish origin, commonly used in English-speaking countries.
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D.
Mia
Mia is a major fine art museum in Minneapolis, Minnesota, known for its extensive and diverse collection spanning thousands of years and cultures.
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E.
Cynthia
Cynthia is a common feminine given name used in various cultures, often associated with the Greek moon goddess Artemis.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
feminine given name
ⓘ
given name ⓘ |
| category |
English feminine given names
ⓘ
Feminine given names ⓘ |
| etymologyStatus |
invented name
ⓘ
poetic name ⓘ |
| firstAttestedCentury | 17th century ⓘ |
| gender | feminine ⓘ |
| hasCulturalUsage |
film
ⓘ
literature ⓘ music ⓘ |
| hasDiminutive |
My
ⓘ
Myri ⓘ |
| hasMeaningAssociation |
bitterness
ⓘ
myrrh ⓘ perfume ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer |
Myra Gale Brown
ⓘ
Myra Hess ⓘ Myra Hindley ⓘ Myra Kraft ⓘ |
| hasNotableFictionalBearer |
Myra McQueen
ⓘ
Myra Monkhouse ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Mira
ⓘ
Myrah ⓘ |
| isShortFormOf | no widely accepted longer formal name ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | English ⓘ |
| nameLength | four letters ⓘ |
| nameType |
first name
ⓘ
personal name ⓘ |
| origin | English-speaking world ⓘ |
| phoneticApproximation | /ˈmaɪrə/ in English ⓘ |
| popularityPeriod | 17th century ⓘ |
| popularityRegion |
United Kingdom
ⓘ
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| popularityTrend | peaked in late 19th and early 20th centuries in some regions ⓘ |
| possibleEtymology |
constructed for its pleasant sound
ⓘ
derived from the English word "myrrh" ⓘ influenced by the place name "Myra" in Lycia ⓘ
linked to:
Lycia
|
| stressPattern | stress on first syllable ⓘ |
| syllableCount | two syllables ⓘ |
| typicalBearersGender | women ⓘ |
| usage |
Dutch
ⓘ
English ⓘ German ⓘ Scandinavian languages ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Myra (given name) Description of subject: Myra is a feminine given name of English origin, often considered a poetic or invented name that gained popularity in the 17th century.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Myra, West Virginia, United States