Myrtie
Feminine · “myrtle”
Myrtie is Myrtle made affectionate, and the myrtle is a plant with three thousand years of symbolic freight — sacred to Aphrodite, and still carried in some royal wedding bouquets.
How old is the name Myrtie?
Myrtie was already in use when US birth records began in 1880 — it is at least 145 years old. The typical Myrtie alive today was born around 1912, making them about 113 years old. About 400 people named Myrtie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Myrtie most popular?
Myrtie peaked in 1882, reaching #208 nationally. See the whole 1882 chart.
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Where it comes from
From myrtos to Myrtie
The story of Myrtie
Botanical names became fashionable for girls in the nineteenth century — Rose, Lily, Ivy, Daisy, Myrtle — and American families used them heavily. Myrtle rose sharply through the 1880s and 1890s, and its pet form Myrtie was registered as a legal name alongside it, peaking around 1885. Both faded together in the twentieth century as the whole plant-name fashion moved on.
Meaning
myrtle
Through Myrtle, from the Greek myrtos, the evergreen shrub. It was sacred to Aphrodite and used in Greek and Roman wedding wreaths, and the association with love and marriage has been continuous since. The Hebrew Bible's Hadassah, Esther's other name, is the same plant.
How the name formed
- myrtos
- myrtle
- Myrtle
- Myrtie
Related forms: Myrto · Hadassah · Myrtle
Pronouncing Myrtie
MUR-tee
Two syllables, stress on the first. Myrtie and Myrty are said identically.
Nicknames for Myrtie
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1880
- Most girls named
- 1917114 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #208reached in 1882
- Change vs 1964
- 0.0%6 in 1969, from 6
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Myrtie in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Myrto in Greek — related form
- Hadassah in Hebrew — related form
- Myrtle in English — related form
Myrties among us
people named Myrtie are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Myrtie has already lived its whole cycle: it rose, had its era, and has stepped off the charts. The fashion question is behind it — what lies ahead is the waiting room where revivals begin, once a name's first generation has grown distant enough for it to sound fresh again.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- The plant behind it carries a documented three-thousand-year symbolic history.
- Myrtle is available as the formal form with the same root.
- Short and soft, and easy for a young child to say.
- The parent name is firmly out of fashion, which affects the short form.
- It is strongly period-coded to the late nineteenth century.
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Frequently asked
- How many Myrties are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 400 people named Myrtie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Myrtie in 2025?
- Myrtie is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Myrtie with classmates?
- Myrtie will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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