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Myra?

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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!

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BatchCookBabe · 11/10/2025 16:20

Bromptotoo · 11/10/2025 16:12

How old do you need to be to remember Hindley at all, never mind the Moors Murders themselves?

Well I wasn't born when it happened, and I know who Myra Hindley (and Ian Brady) are.... So do my DC (late 20s.) They studied crime - including historical ones like The Yorkshire Ripper, The Kray Twins, Jeffrey Dahmer, Jack The Ripper, Mary Bell, Mary Ann Cotton, Amelia Dyer, Ian Huntley, Thompson and Venables, Fred and Rose West etc... You don't have to have been born before 1960 to know who Myra Hindley is!

BatchCookBabe · 11/10/2025 16:20

ChickpeaCauliflowerSalad · 11/10/2025 16:17

I don't like Lyra, Moira is ok but for personal reasons wouldn't use it. But why do you think they 'aren't great'

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Because when I see these 2 names I see 'Lycra' and 'Moist.' Just not names I would give to a new baby girl. JMO.

CoffeeLipstickKeys · 11/10/2025 16:19

No
Some names just have unpleasant associations. Myra is such a name

Badger32 · 11/10/2025 16:18

Gosh no absolutely not

Awrite · 11/10/2025 16:17

I had a visceral negative reaction just seeing the name written down.

Enigma54 · 11/10/2025 16:17

No. Myra Hindley comes to mind sadly.

CointreauVersial · 11/10/2025 16:17

Maura, Moira, Mira (pronounced meera), Marla....just not Myra.

Loveambala · 11/10/2025 16:17

I considered the same 9 years ago and almost went for it up to the moment she was born but then went for Maya based on 3 people within hours of birth mentioning Hindley.

ChickpeaCauliflowerSalad · 11/10/2025 16:17

BatchCookBabe · 11/10/2025 16:12

Lyra and Moira aren't great either! 😬

I don't like Lyra, Moira is ok but for personal reasons wouldn't use it. But why do you think they 'aren't great'

GarlicBreadStan · 11/10/2025 16:16

I had a hyperfixation on the Moors Murders once, and I still genuinely didn't make the connection between the name Myra and Myra Hindley.

I think it's a lovely name.

There will be people all over the world who share names with serial killers. As long as they're not called that name BECAUSE of the serial killers, I don't see a problem with it.

Bulbsbulbsbulbs · 11/10/2025 16:16

I met someone the other day called Myra, she was probably mid 50's. I just immediately thought "what were your parents thinking?".

You don't have to be 'into' true crime to be aware of Myra Hindley surely? Can you imagine the nick names at school, her being laughed at, people wondering what you were thinking in calling your child after a serial killer?

ACynicalDad · 11/10/2025 16:16

If it’s a boy you could call him Adolf, or sane that for your next child - don’t do either.

showyourquality · 11/10/2025 16:16

I think it is just too unpleasant to want your dd to be linked with it.

ChickpeaCauliflowerSalad · 11/10/2025 16:15

Bromptotoo · 11/10/2025 16:12

How old do you need to be to remember Hindley at all, never mind the Moors Murders themselves?

Remembering & knowing are two different things.

I don't 'remember' Hitler...

Even I wasn't born when Hindley & the Moors Murders happened BUT I know about them because I don't live under a rock.

MrsMitford3 · 11/10/2025 16:14

No, I also immediately thought Hindley.

Why would you risk her life being plagued by teasing and ridicule?
Pick another name.

EnoBaby · 11/10/2025 16:13

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. Confused

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Just a light-hearted response to my calling myself an old bag for being born in the 80s, which in itself was light-hearted as I don't really consider myself old.
Oh, to be light-hearted, eh?

CalzoneOnLegs · 11/10/2025 16:13

WallaceinAnderland · 11/10/2025 14:27

Twin brothers called Hitler and Judas?

There are some names that you just can't use

Apologies for being pedantic but the first name is Adolf (Hitler)

MyDandyUmberDuck · 11/10/2025 16:12

So while I in my forties originally thought Hindley, I don’t imagine kids your daughters age will make that same association. Also while it’s my first thought my brain is capable of moving on from there and as an adult I’m hardly going to bully a child for having the same first name. There are lots of Jacks out there and none that I know get nicknamed Ripper?

BatchCookBabe · 11/10/2025 16:12

Lyra and Moira aren't great either! 😬

Bromptotoo · 11/10/2025 16:12

How old do you need to be to remember Hindley at all, never mind the Moors Murders themselves?

OSTMusTisNT · 11/10/2025 16:12

Definitely not. That name should be assigned to history like Hitler.

BatchCookBabe · 11/10/2025 16:11

ChickpeaCauliflowerSalad · 11/10/2025 16:09

Not the point of the thread or your post, but 90's born are babies!

69er here! Used to make me smile, but now it just feels OLD

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'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. Confused

Solaire18381 · 11/10/2025 16:10

Sorry, as soon as I saw the title of your thread at the side of the page, I thought it was a post related to who other people have mentioned.

That's what I think of automatically when I see that name. Sad how that happens.

Hillrunning · 11/10/2025 16:10

Use Moira instead

ChickpeaCauliflowerSalad · 11/10/2025 16:09

EnoBaby · 11/10/2025 16:05

My daughter's name is Mira and is often pronounced as Myra. I used to think, "Why the hell would I have called her Myra?" whenever someone made the mistake, until a young mum (i.e. not an old 1980s-born bag like me) revealed she had no knowledge of Myra Hindley. This will increasingly become the case as the years tick by so, if you like Myra, use it.
Yes, Hindley's crime were utterly abhorrent and her victims' memories should be kept alive, but she wasn't a historic geo-political figure so it stands to reason that she won't remain in the public consciousness.

Not the point of the thread or your post, but 90's born are babies!

69er here! Used to make me smile, but now it just feels OLD

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