Myrtle

See also: myrtle

English

Etymology

After the plant, myrtle; used since the end of the 19th century.

Proper noun

Myrtle

1. A female given name from English.
   • 1867, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr, chapter XXXIV, in The Guardian Angel:

     Myrtle Hazard Lindsay walked up to the bust, and kissed its marble forehead, saying, "This is the face of my Guardian Angel!"

   • 1993, Carol Shields, The Stone Diaries, page 318:

     "My husband used to say that girls with flower names fade fast." It was Myrtle who said this one day, out of the blue, and for some reason it made them all go weak with laughter.

Derived terms

• Myrtle Beach

 

See also

• Myrtilla

Anagrams

• termly