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I love Myrtle and like Opal.

I don't mind some 'old lady' names like Pearl and Dorothy, but not Myrtle. I quite like Opal, but I don't love it.

I hate both. Myrtle is more unattractive than Opal, but Opal is unattractive enough.

I really like Myrtle, despite what it rhymes with! It has a pleasant personal connection and is a lovely plant.
I don't like gem names, and Opal is one of the worst. It is too short and structured for my liking.

sorry dont like them, maybe as middles

I think Opal is a lovely name that’s both sounds nostalgic, but doesn’t sound too-oldfashioned.

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Myrtle reminds me too much of Moaning Myrtle from Harry Potter.

I actually really like both, especially Opal. I'd use it in a heartbeat.

They'd make for a fantastic set of cat names. I can't easily picture either name on a human child. I can see the potential of Opal, since it has the old-fashioned-but-trendy-again vibe that's having a moment right now, in the vein of Hazel, Ruby, Edith, etc. It could grow on me.

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Myrtle doesn't have that same vibe. It's still firmly in the witchy old lady camp for me, alongside Gertrude, Blanche, and Agatha.

Crepe myrtles and opals are pretty.

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I don't know any people named either.

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I haven't yet gotten past how much Opal sounds like 'offal' to me, similar to how I can't get past how much Beryl sounds like 'barrel' but worse. If I met a kid named Opal, I'd think it was in the style of Olive, plain but colorful vintage and a bit tart or sour, plus I could find symbolism for it that I liked fairly easily.

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The URT sound in Myrtle is 'ugly' to my ear - Burt, Curt (masculine, old), Gertrude, Alberta, Roberta (hard, 'dirty Gertie', vintage, cold, robust, red); also Liberty (modern, free, quaint) or if I soften the T - Bertha, Mercy (rotund, antiquated, severe, sweet). The first similar sounding word that comes to mind is 'turtle'.

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Myrtle kind of seems like Gladys to me - I think of big glasses and big, bright flowers. Nerdy and unapologetically loud. My image of Myrtle right now has frizzy hair and a statement coat. It seems to me vaguely in the style of Marigold, Rosemary, Mabel, Florence, but bolder, perhaps awkwardly so but oh well.

This message was edited 12/17/2019, 11:14 AM

I dislike Opal, because it sounds sort of ugly. I can forget for a moment that it's ugly, and think of opals - but if I had to say/hear it every day as a name, it'd be difficult to keep overlooking its ugly sound.

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I hate Myrtle, because it's super ugly in an American accent. Rhymes curdle. Besides that, I think as a baby name today it seems like a conservatory specimen. Like the only reason anyone would ever use it was because they desperately wanted to make a fashion statement, about how they have such Edwardian tastes.

I think the form Mirta is prettier then Myrtle, though the Meer sound is a little weird. I don't like Myrtle very much because while some older names are in style, Myrtle just isn't one of them. It sounds kind of ugly. Opal would be nice for an October baby especially and it reminds me of the gem stones, which are nice.

I think Opal is pretty, though I don't like it enough to want to use it. Myrtle, on the other hand, is just fugly.