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How does the name Miron/Myron sound?

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Tkoko · 29/06/2025 14:15

I came across a Slavic name Miron… which I like for its short form. But I know that it might sound strange for someone not of that origin… is that really so?

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Tkoko · 29/06/2025 19:50

Zempy · 29/06/2025 19:45

I think they will get called Moron at school…😞

well, we don't live in english speaking country...its mi-ron and i have no idea who Myra is 😩

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Zempy · 29/06/2025 19:45

I think they will get called Moron at school…😞

theDudesmummy · 29/06/2025 19:41

@Tkoko I guess you haven't read Myra Breckenridge then? I am not sure I would want to be reminded of that character's exploits every time I called my child!

ForZanyAquaViewer · 29/06/2025 18:58

Tkoko · 29/06/2025 18:41

Or even Milo?

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Mirò sounds super cool and European. Tall, dark and handsome in a leather jacket, chain smoking Gauloise and breaking your heart. However, if you’re in an English speaking country, the acute accent will be a pain. It’ll end up as Miro and people will pronounce it incorrectly.

Milo is fine, but currently VERY popular in the U.K. I know four under the age of 5.

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Tkoko · 29/06/2025 18:41

Tkoko · 29/06/2025 18:40

Well it’s an existing Slavic name… so if the short for it Mirò, does it sound so awful? Like would Arlo sound soooo much better?

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Or even Milo?

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NormaSears · 29/06/2025 18:40

Ron is quite a cool name. Didn't do that Ron Bacardi fellow any harm.

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Tkoko · 29/06/2025 18:40

ForZanyAquaViewer · 29/06/2025 18:34

Ah, that’s just horrible. Truly awful. Sorry.

Also, where do you live? In an English speaking country, he’d be correcting people’s pronunciation every single day.

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Well it’s an existing Slavic name… so if the short for it Mirò, does it sound so awful? Like would Arlo sound soooo much better?

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NormaSears · 29/06/2025 18:38

@theunbreakablecleopatrajones , Merryn is Cornish, Mirren is Scottish, both male saints, but the names are mainly used for girls.

ForZanyAquaViewer · 29/06/2025 18:34

Tkoko · 29/06/2025 17:51

And if it is Mee-Ron?

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Ah, that’s just horrible. Truly awful. Sorry.

Also, where do you live? In an English speaking country, he’d be correcting people’s pronunciation every single day.

legoplaybook · 29/06/2025 18:31

Yes, ugly-vintage is exactly the vibe! I think those names are starting to come back round though, I met a baby Bernard recently.

PurpleChrayn · 29/06/2025 18:28

Horrible. A mash-up of Myra and moron - neither particular savoury ideas.

Mochudubh · 29/06/2025 18:27

NormaSears · 29/06/2025 17:53

Why does this spring to mind? Smile
The Mekon - Wikipedia

I was thinking it sounds like a robot in a sci-fi series.

BurntBroccoli · 29/06/2025 18:18

Sounds like something from the 1930s Flash Gordon.

reallyalurker · 29/06/2025 18:17

In the Anastasia books by Lois Lowry, her father is Myron.

Easipeelerie · 29/06/2025 18:12

It sounds like one of the names youd see on the credits of a black and white American series like The Adams Family e.g. Miron G Hoffenbacker or something.

naomicrobiome · 29/06/2025 18:09

Tkoko · 29/06/2025 18:05

What about Miron?

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Miron is much nicer, but the pronunciation is by no means intuitive.

olympicsrock · 29/06/2025 18:08

Not a nice name I’m afraid .agree ugly vintage vibe.

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Tkoko · 29/06/2025 18:05

naomicrobiome · 29/06/2025 18:01

It's "ugly vintage" like Harold, Horace, Norman, Sheldon, etc. Arthur and Stanley have come back around though, so Myron might be next? It's not for me.

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What about Miron?

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naomicrobiome · 29/06/2025 18:01

Tkoko · 29/06/2025 16:44

What is it that you don’t like about it?

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It's "ugly vintage" like Harold, Horace, Norman, Sheldon, etc. Arthur and Stanley have come back around though, so Myron might be next? It's not for me.

theunbreakablecleopatrajones · 29/06/2025 17:54

I quite like it

Merryn and Mirren seem to be gaining a bit of popularity for girls (Welsh and Scottish origins I think), so it may read as a female name, but it sounds quite unisex, like Rowan

NormaSears · 29/06/2025 17:53

Why does this spring to mind? Smile
The Mekon - Wikipedia

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Tkoko · 29/06/2025 17:51

ForZanyAquaViewer · 29/06/2025 17:47

The name Myron makes me think of a middle aged bespectacled Jewish American. It’s a fairly common name amongst Jewish baby boomers, I believe.

My second thought would be Myron Reducto from Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law.

I don’t hate it, but it’s kind of ‘ugly cool’. Like Gertrude or something. If I met a kid called Myron, I’d assume he had very trendy parents who lived in Dalston.

And if it is Mee-Ron?

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RedBeech · 29/06/2025 17:49

PrincessDonut · 29/06/2025 16:50

Isn’t the chap in Harlen Coben’s books called Myron?

That's where I've come across it. Was trying to remember. Thank you.

I quite like it, OP.

ForZanyAquaViewer · 29/06/2025 17:47

The name Myron makes me think of a middle aged bespectacled Jewish American. It’s a fairly common name amongst Jewish baby boomers, I believe.

My second thought would be Myron Reducto from Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law.

I don’t hate it, but it’s kind of ‘ugly cool’. Like Gertrude or something. If I met a kid called Myron, I’d assume he had very trendy parents who lived in Dalston.

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