MYRTLE  

Gender: F
Origin: Greek botanical name

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

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

Myrtle is being discussed in our message boards:

• Updated mn list
• Many Multiples BNG
• Argh help with the pain of honoring a Shirley?!
• names you "shouldn't" like but do
• Do these names work together?

Read Nameberry blog posts about Myrtle:

• OLD LADY NAMES: Ready for the Next Wave?
• NATURE NAMES: Will trees be the new flower names?
• COOL CAT NAMES: Feline choices from Alonzo to Zizi
• VINTAGE NAMES: 100-Year-Old Names That Sound New Again
• GOODBYE, GLADYS?