Comments (Meaning / History Only)
The Italian form of this name is Mirta and there is also a fairly common masculine form Mirto. They derive from the Greek name of a Mediterranean bush that was sacred to the goddess of love Aphrodite(Venus). This was because the leaves of this plant were shaped like the female sex organs!
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Myrtle was supposedly the plant of Venus, who signifies love.
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