Myrtle (given name)
Myrtle is a feminine given name or nickname derived from the plant name Myrtus; it was popular during the Victorian era, along with other plant and flower names. Myrtle, a symbol of a happy marriage, is often included in a bridal bouquet. Variants include the French-language Myrtille, and Mirtel, a popular name for newborn girls in Estonia during 2012.
Notable people and characters with the name include:
People
- Myrtle Allen, Irish chef
- Myrtle Anderson, Jamaican actress
- Myrtle Augee, English shot putter
- Myrtle Aydelotte, American nurse, professor and hospital administrator
- Myrtle Bachelder, American chemist and officer
- Myrtle Baylis, Australian sportswoman
- Myrtle Bothma, South African hurdler
- Myrtle Brooke, American professor
- Myrtle Broome, British Egyptologist and artist
- Myrtle Cagle, American pilot and astronaut
- Myrtle Cain, American politician and activist
- Myrtle Cole, American politician
- Myrtle Cook, Canadian track and field athlete
- Myrtle Corbin, American sideshow entertainer
- Myrtle Devenish, Welsh actress
- Myrtle Edwards (sportswoman), Australian cricketer and softball player
- Myrtle Elvyn, American pianist
- Myrtle Fahsbender, American lighting expert
- Myrtle Fillmore, American co-founder of Unity, a church within the New Thought movement
- Myrtille Georges, French tennis player
- Myrtille Gollin, French speed skater
- Myrtle Gonzalez, American actress
- Myrtle Hazard, American Coast Guard electrician and radio operator
- Myrtle K. Hilo, Native Hawaiian taxicab driver, radio personality, ukulele player and singer
- Myrtle Jones, American painter
- Myrtle Lind, American actress
- Myrtle "Molly" Kool, Canadian sea captain
- Myrtle Maclagan, English cricketer
- Myrtle McAteer, American tennis player
- Myrtle Byram McGraw, American psychologist, neurobiologist, and researcher
- Myrtle Meggy, Australian pianist and pedagogue
- Myrtle Muir, New Zealand netball coach and administrator
- Myrtle Reed, American poet
- Myrtle Robertson, 11th Baroness Wharton, English photographer
- Myrtle Sarrosa,, Filipina cosplayer and actress
- Myrtle Sheldon, American illustrator of children’s books
- Myrtle Simpson, Scottish skier
- Myrtle Solomon, British pacifist
- Myrtle Stedman, American actress
- Myrtle Tannehill, American actress
- Myrtle Vail, American radio actress and writer
- Myrtle Watkins, American-Mexican dancer, singer, and actress
- Myrtle Whitmore, American politician
- Myrtle Witbooi, South African labour activist
- Myrtle Young, American potato chip collector
Fictional characters
- Myrtle, recurring character in the films Diary of a Mad Black Woman and Madea's Family Reunion
- Myrtle, character in the comic strip Right Around Home
- Myrtle Anagnostou, character in the Greek soap opera Erotas
- Myrtle "Tilly" Dunnage, character in the Rosalie Ham novel The Dressmaker and its film adaptation
- Myrtle of Durin, a Vanguard-class operator from the mobile tower defense game Arknights
- Myrtle Fargate, character in the soap opera All My Children
- Myrtle Snow, Antagonist in the third season of the series American Horror Story: Coven
- Miss Myrtle, a lady with blonde hair and wears a purple dress, character from Rocky Hollow
- Moaning Myrtle, or Myrtle Warren, character in the Harry Potter series
- Myrtle Wilson, character in the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald