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I don't really like it. Something about it just...idk, doesn't click with me.

I'm rather charmed by it

I tend to like the "mur" sound in names, but the "rtle" is not one I'm drawn to, so...

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It's okay. I can see how the sound might be appealing in a gurgly kind of way (like listening to a fountain is appealing?), and the style seems like a loud floral print vintage coat.

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I prefer Mirta, which I love.
Also prefer Myrthe and Myrto though only slightly.

Love love love!

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It's so unsuspectingly lovely and super underrated. It's got vintage charm with a splash of quirkiness.

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Right now I'm kinda obsessed with the idea of naming two daughters Myrtle and Enid :)

I agree that it's calming. I don't totally hate it. There's part of me that likes it and that part grows larger over time. I could work with it in combos happily - I think it would have a chamomile tea effect. In practice, I think it still falls over into the frumpy and gross category for me.

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I really like how soft and unshowy it is. Definitely a shade-favoring plant.

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edit: In practice it really, really sounds like Mirdle in my accent, or Murdle, which is not soft and lovely, but murky, muddy, and grumpy.

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edit 2: The wonderful poem Dover Beach has a funny line about a "bright girdle furled." This poem was set to music for baritone and string quartet. I played in it once, and from the rehearsals and performance the echoing phrase "girdle furled" sung so trailingly and beautifully has always amused me and struck me as wonderfully absurd, almost to the point of giggling, because the sonics of those words are so clunky, especially together. Gurdlefurld

This message was edited 9/30/2020, 4:09 PM

No, sorry. It's one of those dated names that I feel are still too dated to be charming.

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I want to like it, though.

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Also I can't forget Moaning Myrtle from Harry Potter

Ugh. No...

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That "yrtle" sound is awful. I once knew twins named Marilyn and Myrtle. I felt so sorry for poor Myrtle that her sister got a decent name and hers was hideous.

Nope. It’s dated and rather ugly. The pronunciation isn’t too attractive either: "MURRR-tuhl". I do like Mirta and Myrto (MEER-tow), though.

Dont like it

I can't think of a name containing that -er- sound that I like. Mervyn. Percy. Bert. Merle and Pearl. The list goes on.

I knew somebody called Myrtle Celestine who trained as a mid wife pre NHS (pre 1947). As my mum’s boss it was love/hate relationship for her. I really like Myrtle though but could only see myself using it as a middle name.

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Rosemary Myrtle
Violet Myrtle
Carys Myrtle
Olive Myrtle
Agnes Myrtle
Olwen Myrtle
Anais Myrtle
Josephine Myrtle
Ivy Myrtle

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Myrtle Lynette
Myrtle Honoria
Myrtle Veronica
Myrtle Sylvia
Myrtle Amelia
Myrtle Elizabeth
Myrtle Alice
Myrtle Primrose

I like it as a middle name when combined with Honey, like Honey-Myrtle, after the flower. I adored the name Alice Honey-Myrtle for a while. I'm not as into Myrtle on its own.

I like it but don’t really like the associations, in between Moaning Myrtle and the tacky woman from The Great Gatsby.

I love it! I find the name visually and sonically pleasing.

It should never be given as a name to anything but maybe a turtle.
It sounds so much like a weird, gurgly laugh.

I have a love hate relationship with it. It’s certainly intriguing, and there’s something about it that I just like, but it definitely falls into that hideous-cute category.