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.^[1] Myrtle, a symbol of a happy marriage, is often included in a bridal bouquet.^[2] Variants include the French-language Myrtille, and Mirtel, a popular name for newborn girls in Estonia during 2012.^[3]

Notable people and characters with the name include:

• Myrtle Allen (1924–2018), Irish chef
• Myrtle Anderson (1901–1978), Jamaican actress
• Myrtle Augee (born 1965), English shot putter
• Myrtle Aydelotte (1917–2010), American nurse, professor and hospital administrator
• Myrtle Bachelder (1908–1997), American chemist and officer
• Myrtle Baylis (1920–2014), Australian sportswoman
• Myrtle Bothma (born 1964), South African hurdler
• Myrtle Brooke (1872–1948), American professor
• Myrtle Broome (1888–1978), British Egyptologist and artist
• Myrtle Cagle (1925–2019), American pilot and astronaut
• Myrtle Cain (1894–1980), American politician and activist
• Myrtle Cole, American politician
• Myrtle Cook (1902–1985), Canadian track and field athlete
• Myrtle Corbin (1868–1928), American sideshow entertainer
• Myrtle Devenish (1913–2007), Welsh actress
• Myrtle Edwards (sportswoman) (1921–2010), Australian cricketer and softball player
• Myrtle Elvyn (c.1887–1975), American pianist
• Myrtle Fahsbender (1907–2001), American lighting expert
• Myrtle Fillmore (1845–1931), American co-founder of Unity, a church within the New Thought movement
• Myrtille Georges (born 1990), French tennis player
• Myrtille Gollin (born 1984), French speed skater
• Myrtle Gonzalez (1891–1918), American actress
• Myrtle Hazard (1892–1951), American Coast Guard electrician and radio operator
• Myrtle K. Hilo (1929–2009), Native Hawaiian taxicab driver, radio personality, ukulele player and singer
• Myrtle Jones (1913–2005), American painter
• Myrtle Lind (1898–1993), American actress
• Myrtle "Molly" Kool (1916–2009), Canadian sea captain
• Myrtle Maclagan (1911–1993), English cricketer
• Myrtle McAteer (1878–1952), American tennis player
• Myrtle Byram McGraw (1899–1988), American psychologist, neurobiologist, and researcher
• Myrtle Meggy (1887–1959), Australian pianist and pedagogue
• Myrtle Muir (1900–1966), New Zealand netball coach and administrator
• Myrtle Reed (1874–1911), American poet
• Myrtle Robertson, 11th Baroness Wharton (1934–2000), English photographer
• Myrtle Sarrosa, (born 1994), Filipina cosplayer and actress
• Myrtle Sheldon (1893–1939), American illustrator of children’s books
• Myrtle Simpson (born around 1930), Scottish skier
• Myrtle Solomon (1921–1987), British pacifist
• Myrtle Stedman (1883–1938), American actress
• Myrtle Tannehill (1886–1977), American actress
• Myrtle Vail (1888–1978), American radio actress and writer
• Myrtle Watkins (1908–1968), American-Mexican dancer, singer, and actress
• Myrtle Whitmore (died 2020), American politician
• Myrtle Witbooi (1947–2023), South African labour activist
• Myrtle Young (1924–2014), American potato chip collector

• 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^[4]
• Moaning Myrtle, or Myrtle Warren (1929–1943), character in the Harry Potter series
• Myrtle Wilson, character in the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

• Mertle Edmonds, a fictional character from Disney's Lilo & Stitch franchise