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Girl · Greek, through Latin and French
Myrtle
Say it: MUR-tul
Meaning
The shrub, from Greek myrtos.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Popular in America in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1890s
In the United States
- 136,960 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1895, about 1 in 121 girls
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
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Where this comes from
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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