How does the name Miron/Myron sound?

[Tkoko]

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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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.

@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!

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 😩

Myron was quite popular in Scotland with me now in their 70s/80s, pronounced just as written - My- ron

If you don’t live in an English speaking country, then asking on Mum’s not might not be really helpful.

As evidenced by the Evan thread the names that you love are often not names that sound good to English speakers and the name lots of us like don’t work for you.

This is what I was going to say.

Yes I noticed that but it is still helpful… most of you appreciate Alexander and very traditional English names… which I kind of like..but as I am searching for a name which cross cultural and sound lovely also out of the country where I live in I wanted to hear some of the suggestions… names like Leo Noah and Liam are used in your country and my country… so sometimes there is a world “trend” across the cultures

I was about to say this!

Hindley. You might want to have a Google.

It was just to say that if someone has a bad connotation due to cultural peculiarities it might not be the same in another country plus I was also asking about Mi-Ron…

Miron is much nicer than Myron (which I agree belongs with names like Sheldon, Seymour, Mervyn, Marvin, Allen)

However, I think British people would struggle to pronounce it if they saw it written down (as demonstrated here).

The issue is the ways that letter I could be pronounced and where the emphasis would lie.

Sounds and looks like a make of contraceptive pill to me.

This is what I was going to say re: pronouncing the names if I saw them written down.

Sounds like a contraceptive. You keep asking and asking but it’s just not that popular a name in the Uk and is likely to be misspelled and mispronounced constantly. You don’t live in the Uk though so you really would be better off seeking opinions in the country he is going to grow up in as you may get much more positive responses.

Or if you really love it, don’t seek out any other opinions and just use it.

Miron is nicer than Myron though.

Thank you very much… unfortunately there are no forums like that in any other country))) I appreciate the answers very much

Tkoko "unfortunately there are no forums like that in any other country"
I find that hard to believe.
Can't you ask a sample of your friends, your family, your partner's family?

Like the name of medication, maybe some sort of contraception.

As a native English speaker I would find it really counterintuitive to pronounce as Mi-RON, to the extent I might regularly mispronounce it and then immediately correct myself. I think that duh-DUM rhythm just isn’t so common in English.

So that’s why Milo, Arlo, Leo etc feel more natural.

Not an ugly or a beautiful name to me as I’ve never heard it before so don’t have any associations. What is it you like? Does it have any nice meaning for you, or you just like the sound?

Thank you for asking… I am searching for a Slavic name (as it is my origin), that wouldn’t be long like Alexander let’s say, would be easy to say in both cultures- Slavic and latin/international… does not have nicknames. I like names Roman for this reason, Maxim or Anton… but liked a lot the softness of it and maybe the idea that it was somehow unique. Ivan I can not use due to the fact that it’s our first cousin’s one. Alexei and victor as well due to the nicknames that I don’t like.

Well now you mention Roman, actually that is my DPs name with emphasis on the second syllable and my very English family manage that fine (after some practice) so maybe I’m wrong above. I like all three, but it’s true Miron is much less common. Definitely use the Miron spelling if you go for it.

Myron is the manufacturer name on my central heating system. It doesn’t look like a natural name to me, looks like a compound or made up brand name, perhaps pharmaceutical. I do like the pronunciation meer-on, but if think if you’re in the UK you’d spend your life correcting people saying my-ron

Murren was a character in Braveheart.

I knew a Miron, he'd be about 18 now. I think it's a lovely name.