Myrtle Forename
14,316th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 67,466 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Jamaica
Myrtle Forename Definition:
A female name. the name of the shrub, first used as a christian name in the 19th C.
Myrtle Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 48,172 | 1:7,526 | 907 |
| Jamaica | - | 6,194 | 1:465 | 95 |
| England | 100% | 3,648 | 1:15,242 | 1,052 |
| Canada | 100% | 2,940 | 1:11,270 | 1,267 |
| South Africa | 100% | 2,379 | 1:22,923 | 3,046 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 641 | 1:2,875 | 403 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 415 | 1:3,281 | 613 |
| Philippines | 95% | 411 | 1:257,931 | 10,537 |
| Bahamas | - | 374 | 1:1,068 | 269 |
| Barbados | - | 331 | 1:875 | 202 |
| Guyana | 100% | 246 | 1:3,103 | 603 |
| Scotland | 100% | 239 | 1:22,386 | 1,027 |
| Wales | 100% | 185 | 1:16,726 | 1,017 |
| India | 100% | 128 | 1:9,491,234 | 290,599 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 104 | 1:1,055 | 219 |
| Ireland | 100% | 89 | 1:52,174 | 1,685 |
| Dominica | - | 84 | 1:898 | 173 |
| Belize | 100% | 81 | 1:4,374 | 910 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 66 | 1:256,092 | 8,605 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 52 | 1:1,055 | 233 |
| Suriname | - | 49 | 1:11,282 | 2,027 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 45 | 1:342,751 | 17,604 |
| Australia | - | 43 | 1:317,619 | 6,238 |
| Liberia | 100% | 41 | 1:107,611 | 4,570 |
| Panama | 100% | 40 | 1:97,664 | 4,898 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 38 | 1:2,936 | 560 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 34 | 1:1,803 | 413 |
| Grenada | 100% | 31 | 1:3,488 | 631 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 29 | 1:6,132 | 984 |
| New Zealand | - | 28 | 1:162,002 | 5,752 |
| Norway | 100% | 25 | 1:205,293 | 5,123 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 21 | 1:1,653 | 420 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 18 | 1:1,736 | 389 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 18 | 1:5,522 | 1,017 |
| Israel | 95% | 17 | 1:494,289 | 9,770 |
| Sweden | 100% | 17 | 1:579,877 | 14,075 |
| Jersey | - | 16 | 1:6,249 | 672 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 16 | 1:376,146 | 7,303 |
| Brazil | 100% | 15 | 1:14,282,410 | 156,374 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 13 | 1:13,658,797 | 139,235 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 12 | 1:48,413 | 2,992 |
| Bermuda | - | 11 | 1:5,893 | 898 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 9 | 1:529,772 | 7,736 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 9 | 1:648 | 154 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 8 | 1:3,775,237 | 55,178 |
| Singapore | - | 8 | 1:785,882 | 13,409 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 6 | 1:1,191,999 | 40,353 |
| Honduras | - | 6 | 1:1,469,578 | 13,832 |
| Mexico | 100% | 5 | 1:24,828,885 | 53,479 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 5 | 1:1,630,463 | 100,826 |
| Cuba | - | 4 | 1:2,876,638 | 6,272 |
| Samoa | - | 4 | 1:48,798 | 712 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 4 | 1:3,314 | 681 |
| China | - | 3 | 1:455,351,927 | 89,064 |
| Namibia | - | 3 | 1:801,393 | 11,859 |
| Malaysia | 100% | 3 | 1:10,149,980 | 208,386 |
| Denmark | - | 3 | 1:1,883,166 | 17,701 |
| Finland | 100% | 3 | 1:1,827,728 | 14,078 |
| Peru | 50% | 2 | 1:15,895,727 | 74,652 |
| Thailand | 100% | 2 | 1:35,032,906 | 298,615 |
| Argentina | 100% | 2 | 1:21,386,622 | 29,627 |
| Germany | 100% | 2 | 1:48,338,938 | 72,742 |
| Taiwan | - | 1 | 1:23,769,682 | 193,280 |
| Pakistan | - | 1 | 1:194,357,680 | 303,535 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 1 | 1:8,213,496 | 36,387 |
| Zambia | - | 1 | 1:15,854,794 | 66,637 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Cameroon | - | 1 | 1:21,610,503 | 119,836 |
| Saint Martin | - | 1 | 1:35,746 | 277 |
| Chile | 100% | 1 | 1:17,607,208 | 48,996 |
| Ecuador | - | 1 | 1:17,726,919 | 31,775 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:51,230 | 5,014 |
| Kuwait | - | 1 | 1:3,785,264 | 15,388 |
| Japan | - | 1 | 1:127,986,057 | 94,066 |
| Indonesia | - | 1 | 1:257,963,668 | 1,335,696 |
| Haiti | - | 1 | 1:10,726,953 | 41,696 |
| Guernsey | - | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Greece | - | 1 | 1:10,934,548 | 22,228 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| Faroe Islands | - | 1 | 1:49,127 | 2,467 |
Myrtle (838) may also be a surname.
Myrtle Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. the name of the shrub, first used as a christian name in the 19th C.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
Greek μύρρα (murra), Latin murrha and myrrha, French myrrhe, ‘the juice of the Arabian myrtle’; Greek μύρτος (murtos), Latin myrtus, French myrte, ‘myrtle.’ (The common myrtle is a shrub sacred to Venus.) Now Myrtale was a freed-woman, the friend of Horace: thence, our name, via French myrtille (pronounced mertil), ‘a bilberry.’ See also Muriel.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
A Greek name, meaning: Token of victory.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Myrtle Forename Popularity
Myrtle Demographics
Myrtle Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Sample size: 37 (1901)
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
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