Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Palmyra connects to the Palmiro name family through Palmira. An origin associated with Palmiro is Latin.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1904. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Palmyra through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 77
- 0 boys · 77 girls
- Most popular year
- 1917
- 12 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 12 in 1917.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Palmyra’s family of names
In Portuguese usage, Palmyra has a related form in Palmira.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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