Myra?

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DH and I both like the name Myra, but we are worried about the association with Myra Hindley, do you think it is possible to use it?
Or should we think about Mayra instead?

As an aside, I really like Lyra, but DH says it makes him think of Lycra… 🙄

I think Myra is fine, yes there is a connotation but it will most likely be thought of by the older generation who were alive during the crimes. There are many killers with names that are in common usage.

It’s a huge no from me. Why saddle a child with a name with those connotations? Just choose something else!

As soon as I saw the title I thought Hindley. Sorry.

(I feel you though when it comes to high profile associations. DH and I both like Madeleine but have a Mc surname so also feel we can’t use it.)

Because they like it? It's quite a pretty name 🤷🏽‍♀️

So what if someone awful had a name that you like? It's literally no reflection on the child.

And the PP who said about how their daughters are named after strong female characters but all baby Myra will have to look up to is Hindley... it's nonsense. Once your baby was given that name whether it was Myra or Xena or Wilma Flinstone, that name becomes babies name and is associated with baby.
I've never once looked up to other people who happen to have the same name as me, why would I? It's completely irrelevant.

Nope. Hindley. Way too soon.

Myra, Myrna, Myrtle...even without the whole 'name is mainly associated with notorious child murderer' thing, I find Myr..names to be pretty fugly.

I know a 5 year old Myra. Her parents aren’t British so quite possibly didn’t know the connotations. It’s a lovely name, but no.

Please. Don’t.

Maïa
Kyra
Isla

similar sound but not murder-y

As an aside, I really like Lyra, but DH says it makes him think of Lycra

So stretchy fabric is a big no-no; child torturer and murderer is OK?

Don't do it,OP!

I knew a Myra growing up actually. She'd have been born in 1967... shortly after the Moors Murders. Utterly bizarre that her parents chose that at that time.

it’s more like Attila or Adolf or Genghis or Rasputin or Cher

There are plenty of Attila's in Eastern Europe and West Asia. And there's a famous Putin now!

Meira, Moira or Maura might be alternatives.

Meira is welsh and a form of Mary, pronounced a bit like Mey-rah (the ey sound is short)

You don't want people first thought when they hear her name to be 'evil killer woman'.

So I wouldn't

Hindley.

Lyra or even Moira are much better.

Or Maya.

If a person with a name in the top 100 suddenly did something horrific would that cancel out that name for all future babies?
I don't understand how every person with that name can be associated with that one person?
As regards Myra I just see it as a pretty name for a new person.

I am sure you have the message OP, but no, it would be an awful name to saddle your child with.
My imaginary daughter is called Maya (I have sons).

If a person with a name in the top 100 suddenly did something horrific would that cancel out that name for all future babies?

As has been mentioned it isn't a very common name so a Myra stands out in the way that a Joan or Margaret wouldn't. People have far more associations to counteract the negative ones when a killer has a common name like John or Mary.

I agree with other posters that it’s the unusual nature of the name combined with the notoriety that names it unusual. Just as Adolph is unusable but Joseph is just fine.