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The name Myra is of Latin origin. The meaning of Myra is scented oil. Myra is generally used as a girl's name. It consists of 4 letters and 2 syllables and is pronounced My-ra.
Sylvia /syl-via/ [3 sylls.] as a girls' name is pronounced SIL-vee-ah. It is of Latin origin, and the meaning of Sylvia is woods, forest . The Latin form Silvia was more popular for centuries until recently. Rhea Silvia was an ancient nature goddess, mother to the twin founders of Rome, Romulus and Remus.ylvia is a very prominent first name for females (#120 out of 4276, Top 3%) and also a very prominent last name for all people (#5480 out of 150436, Top 4%). (2000 U.S. Census). Displayed below is the baby name popularity of Sylvia for girls.