Myrtle

Gender Feminine
Usage English
Pronounced Pron. /ˈmɜɹ.təl/ (American English) /ˈmɜː.təl/ (British English) [key ·simplify]

Meaning & History

Simply from the English word myrtle for the evergreen shrub, ultimately from Greek myrtos) [1] . It was first used as a given name in the 19th century, at the same time many other plant and flower names were coined.

Related Names

Rootmyrtos
DiminutiveMyrtie
Other Languages & CulturesMyrto (Ancient Greek) Mirta (Croatian) Mirte, Mirthe, Myrthe (Dutch) Myrto (Greek) Myrto (Greek Mythology) Mirta (Italian) Mirta (Spanish)

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  1. Liddell, Scott and Jones. An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, entry mu/rtos, available from https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0058%3Aentry%3Dmu%2Frtos.

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