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 parents choose Miron
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 Silesian
+78%1 in 2,663 babies
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Masovian
+40%1 in 3,374 babies
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Lubusz
+34%1 in 3,547 babies
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Lublin
−82%1 in 25,669 babies
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Subcarpathian
−80%1 in 24,113 babies
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Opole
−79%1 in 23,048 babies
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Lower Silesian+78% 59 born1 in 2,663 babies+78%
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Masovian+40% 105 born1 in 3,374 babies+40%
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Lubusz+34% 14 born1 in 3,547 babies+34%
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Podlaskie+30% 18 born1 in 3,655 babies+30%
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Pomeranian+22% 38 born1 in 3,877 babies+22%
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West Pomeranian+18% 21 born1 in 4,020 babies+18%
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Greater Poland+10% 50 born1 in 4,305 babies+10%
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Lesser Poland+9% 52 born1 in 4,364 babies+9%
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Łódź+1% 27 born1 in 4,693 babies+1%
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Silesian−19% 39 born1 in 5,835 babies−19%
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Warmian-Masurian−47% 8 born1 in 8,974 babies−47%
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Kuyavian-Pomeranian−52% 11 born1 in 9,944 babies−52%
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Holy Cross−74% 3 born1 in 18,478 babies−74%
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Opole−79% 2 born1 in 23,048 babies−79%
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Subcarpathian−80% 5 born1 in 24,113 babies−80%
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Lublin−82% 4 born1 in 25,669 babies−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