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View Name: Myrtle


MYRTLE
GENDER: Feminine
USAGE: English
PRONOUNCED: MUR-təl   [key]
Meaning & History
Simply from the English word myrtle for the evergreen shrub, ultimately from Greek μυρτος (myrtos). 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
DIMINUTIVE: Myrtie
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