Myrtle

Where Myrtle comes from

After the plant, myrtle; used since the end of the 19th century.
— Wiktionary's entry for Myrtle
  • English
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Myrtle through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #40 among girls, with 615 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1894
    Peak, #27
    1,818 babies named Myrtle, its best rank.
  3. 1902
    Myrtle Cook born
    Canadian athletics competitor
  4. 1908
    Myrtle Bachelder born
    American chemist and Women's Army Corps officer
  5. 1943
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #232.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from English.
Namesakes
  • Myrtle Cook · Canadian athletics competitor, 1902–1985
  • Myrtle Bachelder · American chemist and Women's Army Corps officer, 1908–1997
  • Myrtle Corbin · American sideshow performer, 1868–1928
  • Myrtle McAteer · US tennis player, 1878–1952
  • Myrtle Stedman · American actress, 1883–1938

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.