Myrtle

  • [ MUR-təl ]
  • English
Simply from the English word myrtle for the evergreen shrub, ultimately from Greek μυρτος (myrtos). It was first used as a given name in the 19th century, at the same time many other plant and flower names were coined.

EQUIVALENTS
CROATIAN: Mirta
DUTCH: Mirte, Mirthe, Myrthe
GREEK: Myrto
ITALIAN: Mirta
SPANISH: Mirta
DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS
ENGLISH: Myrtie