Myhre Genealogy and Myhre Family History Information

Norwegian: habitational name from any of numerous farmsteads named Myre, most from the dative case of myr 'bog', 'swamp' (Old Norse mýrr). Compare Myhr. My family had a farm next to the Myra river, and the farm was called Myra and most of the children born there took the surname of Myhre.