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in reply to a message by SFMAN
Well ... I tried to find something with this new hint of "Sweden", but even with this keyword added mostly all pages that turn up in Google have some connections to Albania and Albanians...
It's funny that even a search for Mertis turns up a city in Albania:
http://www.behindcity.com/explore/albania/fier/mertis/
But also in Albanian the name seems to be quite rare, with no info about meaning in sight.
This page here:
http://names.whitepages.com/first/myrtez
allows to check the number of people in the US with Myrtez or very similar given names. Among the variants given Myrtice is the most popular today by far, which resonates with the guess of a poster in your first thread, with Myrtice as a variant of Myrtle.
However, I somehow doubt that a rary English name variant of Myrtle turns up as a rare name in Albania, which means that we are probably not yet closing in on your mystery.
Rene www.BabyNames.ch
It's funny that even a search for Mertis turns up a city in Albania:
http://www.behindcity.com/explore/albania/fier/mertis/
But also in Albanian the name seems to be quite rare, with no info about meaning in sight.
This page here:
http://names.whitepages.com/first/myrtez
allows to check the number of people in the US with Myrtez or very similar given names. Among the variants given Myrtice is the most popular today by far, which resonates with the guess of a poster in your first thread, with Myrtice as a variant of Myrtle.
However, I somehow doubt that a rary English name variant of Myrtle turns up as a rare name in Albania, which means that we are probably not yet closing in on your mystery.
Rene www.BabyNames.ch
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I'm starting to think more in line with one repondants (thanks for that link!) thinking it's really just a variant of Mertis (that's how grandma would call my mom) so that would point to "Myrtle":
Myrtle meaning and name origin
Myrtle \m(y)-rt-le, myr-tle\ as a girl's name is pronounced MER-terl. It is of Latin origin. Botanical and nature name based on the evergreen shrub that was sacred to Venus as a symbol of love. First used in the 1850s.
Myrtle has 9 variant forms: Mertice, Mertis, Mertle, Mirtie, Myrta, Myrtia, Myrtice, Myrtie and Myrtis.
Myrtle meaning and name origin
Myrtle \m(y)-rt-le, myr-tle\ as a girl's name is pronounced MER-terl. It is of Latin origin. Botanical and nature name based on the evergreen shrub that was sacred to Venus as a symbol of love. First used in the 1850s.
Myrtle has 9 variant forms: Mertice, Mertis, Mertle, Mirtie, Myrta, Myrtia, Myrtice, Myrtie and Myrtis.
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