Mynor
Masculine
Mynor is a Guatemalan name, and an unusual one: it has no ancestor in Spanish, and it appears to come from the English word minor, respelled with a y and given as a first name in Central America from the middle of the last century. It is ordinary in Guatemala and almost unknown anywhere else.
How old is the name Mynor?
Mynor first appears in US birth records in 1977 — 48 years ago. The typical Mynor alive today was born around 2006, making them about 19 years old. About 800 people named Mynor are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Mynor most popular?
Mynor peaked in 1995, reaching #2626 nationally. Today it ranks #4857, 2,231 places below that high. See the whole 1995 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Mynor
Central American naming has been unusually open to English for a century, and the borrowings did not always keep their sense: words, surnames, brand names and film characters all became given names, chosen for how they looked and sounded on a page rather than for what they said. Mynor is the most successful of the Guatemalan examples, common enough there to be entirely unremarkable, and the y is what makes it Guatemalan rather than English. It is a name with a country and a generation attached, and no dictionary entry at all.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Not documented. The English word minor, or the surname Minor, is the most likely source and cannot be confirmed; no Spanish tradition carries the name before the twentieth century. Whatever its origin, no Guatemalan family uses it for a meaning, and the name functions as a sound rather than a word.
Pronouncing Mynor
MEE-nor
Two syllables, stress in front, the y said as a long e in Spanish. English speakers read it as MY-nor, which is a noticeably different name in the ear.
Nicknames for Mynor
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1977
- Most boys named
- 200732 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2626reached in 1995
- Change vs 2024
- −16.7%20 in 2025, from 24
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Mynor in other languages
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, New York, Texas.
Mynors among us
people named Mynor are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 85,404 born in 2025 was named Mynor
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Kord test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Mynor's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Kord climbed just as high around 1966, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Kord's path sketches the road Mynor is walking now.
Mynor sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Mynor beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Mynor in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Two syllables and five letters make it quick to write and easy to say.
- It is instantly recognized by Guatemalan and Central American families.
- It is genuinely rare in the United States outside those communities.
- English readers say MY-nor and hear the word minor, which is not the intended sound or sense.
- It has no documented meaning, so a curious child will find nothing to look up.
- Minor and Mynor get written for each other on American forms.
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Frequently asked
- How many Mynors are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 800 people named Mynor are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Mynor in 2025?
- Mynor ranks #4857 among US boy names in 2025, with 20 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Mynor?
- About 1 in every 85,404 US boys born in 2025 was named Mynor — 20 in all.
- Will my child share the name Mynor with classmates?
- Mynor will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Mynor
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