Myrtle (given name)
Myrtle is a feminine given name derived from the plant name Myrtus. It was popular during the Victorian era, along with other plant and flower names.[1] Mirtel, a variant, is a currently[when?] popular name for newborn girls in Estonia.[2]
List of people with given name Myrtle
- Myrtle Augee (born 1965), English shot putter
- Myrtle Cook (1902–1985), Canadian track and field athlete
- Myrtle Corbin (1868–1928), American sideshow entertainer
- Myrtle Devenish (1913–2007), Welsh actress
- Myrtle Edwards (1921–2010), Australian cricketer and softball player
- Myrtle Fillmore (1845–1931), American writer
- Myrtle Gonzalez (1891–1918), American actress
- Myrtle Maclagan (1911–1993), English cricketer
- Myrtle McAteer (1878–1952), American tennis player
- Myrtle Reed (1874–1911), American poet
- Myrtle Robertson, 11th Baroness Wharton (1934–2000), English photographer
- Myrtle Sarrosa, (born 1994), Filipino cosplayer, actress, singer and Big Winner of Pinoy Big Brother Teen Edition 4
- Myrtle Stedman (1885–1938), American actress
- Myrtle Vail (1888–1978), American radio actress and writer
Fictional
- Moaning Myrtle, fictional character in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series
- Myrtle Anagnostou, an Erotas character
- Myrtle Fargate, an All My Children character
- Myrtle Wilson, a character in the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Myrtle, a recurring character in the films Diary of a Mad Black Woman and Madea's Family Reunion
- Myrtle "Tilly" Dunnage, fictional character in Rosalina Ham's "The Dressmaker" novel and screen adaptation (movie)
See also
- Mertle Edmonds, a fictional character from Disney's Lilo & Stitch franchise whose given name is a unique variant of "Myrtle"
Notes
- ^ http://www.behindthename.com/name/myrtle
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-21. Retrieved 2013-01-30.
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