Girl · English pet form
Myrtie
Say it: MUR-tee
Meaning
A pet form of Myrtle, from the myrtle shrub (Greek myrtos).
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Used in the US around 1880 to 1910, when plant names were fashionable.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1880s
In the United States
- 4,401 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1887, about 1 in 1,800 girls
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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