MYRTLE  

Gender: F
Origin: Greek botanical name

In Roman myth, a shrub sacred to Venus, to us a gum-cracking 1940s telephone operator.

Variations:
Mertie, Mertis, Mirtle, Mertice, Myrta, Myrtis, Myrtia, Myrtice, Myrtias, Myrt, Mertle, Mert, Myrtilla, Myrtie

Myrtle is being discussed in our message boards:

• big family game!
• You guys gave me the first name-Now Help Me with a Middle!
• Please help- M girl names!
• Question for nephele
• Seniors from 1962 yearbook

Read Nameberry blog posts about Myrtle:

• OLD LADY NAMES: Ready for the Next Wave?
• NATURE NAMES: Will trees be the new flower names?
• VINTAGE NAMES: 100-Year-Old Names That Sound New Again
• GOODBYE, GLADYS?