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spookymelon666 · 12/10/2025 07:32

No. What about Mira?

CeciliaMars · 12/10/2025 06:44

theinterest · 11/10/2025 14:43

I wasn’t expecting this thread to be quite so one sided :(

It’s the name of the most infamous woman in England - I’m flabbergasted you thought otherwise!

Bladderpool · 12/10/2025 05:48

IHaveAlwaysLivedintheCastle · 11/10/2025 23:12

I'm 66. I've never met anyone called Myra. The only Myras I've ever heard of are Hindley and Dame Myra Hess.

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That’s nice for you. Again, I made the point that I was shocked by someone of this generation being named Myra. What’s the point in saying “well i don’t know of anyone called Myra” other than to imply I’m making it up?

Yet another example of the mumsnet phenomenon that if it didn’t happen to you, it didn’t happen 🙄

IHaveAlwaysLivedintheCastle · 11/10/2025 23:12

Bladderpool · 11/10/2025 18:06

Yes, she’s 55. Are you suggesting I’m making it up?

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I'm 66. I've never met anyone called Myra. The only Myras I've ever heard of are Hindley and Dame Myra Hess.

jackiesgirl · 11/10/2025 20:44

You live in the south, not under a rock. It’s the first thing literally anyone thinks of.

dumberthanaboxofrocks · 11/10/2025 20:11

It’s clearly very much linked in the public consciousness of people 40+ to Hindley.

IMO I don’t imagine too many kids will know it but it’s so rare as a girls’ name there’s a risk of an immediate ping of recognition as soon as the name is heard. It’s not like Lucy or Rose or Ian. And all it takes is for there to be a development (there’s an as-yet unfound victim) or an anniversary BBC programme/Hollywood film while your kid is still at school and no-one else is called it - then suddenly it’s a problem. We’ve got a kid with a fairly common name which is shared by a famous wrong-doer and while it’s no big deal (like I said, it’s very common) it’s come up a few times cos this dickhead is enduringly notorious, arseholes gonna arsehole and tbh my kid could do without it. It’s worse now because of all the true crime stuff.

On a positive note, why don’t you call her Miri (short for Miriam) or Mira or something in that area. I like the name Vera but I know some see it as an older woman’s name. Estie is nice as well (Esther). Marie or Mhairi or Marnie. Just not Myra, for her sake.

RafaFan · 11/10/2025 20:05

ChickpeaCauliflowerSalad · 11/10/2025 16:06

If you think the name should be reclaimed, you can change yours by deed poll. Don't put it on others to do it.

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What a silly response. The child would not be named AFTER Hindley. It's just a name, and one that her peers would not necessarily make any bad associations with, so no more likely to be bullied over it than any other name... unless of course they're put up to it by adults. Somebody posted on here recently about her son being bullied bcause his name is Ewan - kids are just little shits sometimes. So what if 90% of people would raise an eyebrow (as somebody said further up)? Most normal people would keep their thoughts to themselves, and if they don't, it's not really anyone else's business.

PlayingDevilsAdvocateisinteresting · 11/10/2025 19:57

Unfortunately, I also thought of Hindley immediately. So, I agree with many of the other Mumsnetters here, please don't name your dear daughter the same name as Hindley's xx

GucciBear · 11/10/2025 19:20

Myra and her brother Ian??

Bladderpool · 11/10/2025 19:18

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How unpleasant, please stop making personal attacks, totally unnecessary and nasty.

AllPlayedOut · 11/10/2025 19:18

Pedallleur · 11/10/2025 19:14

I know someone with a son called Harold and would we call a boy Fred or a girl Rose? Odd that Myra triggers the response on here.

It’s not the same for reasons that have been mentioned several times on here. Less common names like Myra have far fewer associations for people. Fred and Rose are much more common names so they have a lot of other associations and people are more likely to know someone with those names so the negative associations do not stand out in the way that less common names like Myra do even if murderers have also shared those names.

TheHillIsMine · 11/10/2025 19:18

You can still use Lyra...

BCBird · 11/10/2025 19:15

KitchenDancefloor · 11/10/2025 14:25

No.
You may have missed the Myra Hindley connection, no one else will.

This nails it. Nk OP. Think about your child

Pedallleur · 11/10/2025 19:14

I know someone with a son called Harold and would we call a boy Fred or a girl Rose? Odd that Myra triggers the response on here.

TimeForATerf · 11/10/2025 19:10

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Bladderpool · 11/10/2025 19:06

TimeForATerf · 11/10/2025 19:04

I never suggested anything of the kind, but given Myra was arrested in 1965, I find it bizarre that anyone would give their daughter a name a murders name just a few years after the murders when it was already an old ladies name.

each to their own.

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Which is exactly what I meant in my post, so I can do without the “Really??”

TimeForATerf · 11/10/2025 19:04

Bladderpool · 11/10/2025 18:06

Yes, she’s 55. Are you suggesting I’m making it up?

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I never suggested anything of the kind, but given Myra was arrested in 1965, I find it bizarre that anyone would give their daughter a name a murders name just a few years after the murders when it was already an old ladies name.

each to their own.

ChickpeaCauliflowerSalad · 11/10/2025 18:47

BatchCookBabe · 11/10/2025 16:11

'90's born are babies?' They were in the 90's yeah, but now, some of them are in their mid 30s! What a strange comment.

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Whatever.

but when I hear a birthdate in the '90's it takes me back to being an adult & babies being born. It seems unbelievable they're in their 30's now and they're certainly not
old bags'

Idontknowhatnametochoose · 11/10/2025 18:40

Greentomatoes21 · 11/10/2025 18:32

What about Mara (like the little girl Mara Wilson who played Matilda in the first film?)

I love the name Mara. I'm too old for kids now but I'd have named a baby girl Mara after the actress in that film.

MaloryJones · 11/10/2025 18:35

I wouldn't OP
I have a family member named Myra (and I do think its a pretty name), born in the 1950s, who hated saying her name to people after the murders were known to Police and Public
I do like some of the suggestions though such as Myla, Tyla/Tyler

Greentomatoes21 · 11/10/2025 18:32

What about Mara (like the little girl Mara Wilson who played Matilda in the first film?)

Squirrelsnut · 11/10/2025 18:29

Good God, don't do it.

JillyGiraffe · 11/10/2025 18:28

How about Maya, Mara, Moira - anything is better than Myra?!

JillyGiraffe · 11/10/2025 18:27

theinterest · 11/10/2025 14:24

My DH and I thought we were settled on the name Myra for our baby due later this year, but having been settled on this for several months I’m not sure how others will view it? Neither of us are into crime type media, early 30s, and live in the south of England so somehow managed to miss the connection to Myra Hindley until now. My DH is still completely set on it, but I worry now what others will think (blame the hormones). Lyra isn’t an option for us due to a close friends baby being called that earlier this year.

I’m really after view in what you all think? I love the name but now doubting if it’s the right thing to use!

I’m not into crime type media either, but I know who Myra Hindley is! And it was my first thought when I saw the name of the post. You can’t call your new beautiful baby girl Myra!

DappledThings · 11/10/2025 18:16

SpottyAardvark · 11/10/2025 17:14

This has got to be a wind-up. I simply refuse to believe that anyone would even consider calling a little girl Myra, in exactly the same way as I refuse to believe they would call her brother Adolf.

Well 114 people thought it was fine last year so I really do think it's well on the way to being disassociated with that particular Myra. Unlike Adolf.