Miron
From Greek, where it means myrrh: the fragrant oil. Still rare enough that most Poles have never met one, though it lands on newborn boys a bit more often now than a generation ago.
Miron Pronunciation
Miron is pronounced MEE-ron (/ˈmirɔn/).
What Miron means
Where Miron comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Miron comes from Greek, from myron, the word for myrrh and for the fragrant oil pressed from it. That oil was costly and sacred, used to anoint kings and to prepare the dead for burial. The name arrives already scented, tied to something people once burned in temples.
The early Church remembered a Saint Miron, a bishop of Crete honoured as a wonderworker. Through him the name passed into Orthodox tradition and later into Polish use, so a boy called Miron today shares it with a figure venerated many centuries ago.
On a school register the name sits short and clear between longer entries. It reads in one breath. And whatever the boy grows into, his name still points back to one thing: fragrant oil, myrrh pressed from resin.
When Miron celebrates name day
Miron appears 3 times in the Polish name day calendar, 1 of them as a main name, the first on 8 August.
The days Polish calendars list this name on. By custom you celebrate one of them, usually the first after your birthday.
Rarer dates. Only the most complete calendars add this name on these days. Most skip them, so hardly anyone celebrates then.
How many people are named Miron
1 in 8905 men in Poland is named Miron. 2,397 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #651 among male names.
Miron's popularity over time
67 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #302 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2002.
Where Miron is most popular
Miron is most popular in Lower Silesian, 78% above the national average (59 boys born 2019–2025), followed by Masovian (+40%) and Lubusz (+34%). It is least common in Lublin and Subcarpathian, 82% and 80% below average respectively.
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Lower Silesian59 boys born+78%
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Masovian105 boys born+40%
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Lubusz14 boys born+34%
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Podlaskie18 boys born+30%
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Pomeranian38 boys born+22%
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West Pomeranian21 boys born+18%
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Greater Poland50 boys born+10%
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Lesser Poland52 boys born+9%
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Łódź27 boys born+1%
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Silesian39 boys born−19%
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Warmian-Masurian8 boys born−47%
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Kuyavian-Pomeranian11 boys born−52%
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Świętokrzyskie3 boys born−74%
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Opole2 boys born−79%
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Subcarpathian5 boys born−80%
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Lublin4 boys born−82%
Miron as a middle name
Miron is a first name for 2,397 men in Poland and a middle name for another 670, a 78/22 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 279th, between Matthew (676) and Roger (665).
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#277 Lechosław685
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#278 Matthew676
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#279 Miron670
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#280 Roger665
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#281 Mohamed654