Myrtle
Thoughts on Myrtle?
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I'm a fan. Not enough to use it, but I appreciate it. Half of me thinks it's hilariously ugly, and half of me thinks it's gentle and murmuring and romantic, like... turtles in a murmuring brook, like myrtle flowers, like turtledoves. It purrs, it's quiet. A sunbleached lace doily. A too-ornately decorated antique teacup that speaks of a once-fascinated imagination. Miles and miles removed from the ghastly car who just roared down the street disrupting all equilibrium and probably making birds unhappy. Myrtle is pre-industrial and knits on her porch and co-exists with songbirds just fine.
I quite like it. I like the burbling sound it makes, it's phonetically interesting for me. Myrtle falls into the "tough as nails but also warm and friendly" category of names for me, and I like such names. I also think it looks rather chic, if you ignore the sound, and can understand why it got so popular around the turn of the 20th century. I'd call a Myrtle "Myrtie".
I think it'd be a great hipster choice (if hipsters are still a thing? I'm so disconnected from the world now) and I'm honestly a bit surprised it hasn't had a tiny comeback yet.
I think it'd be a great hipster choice (if hipsters are still a thing? I'm so disconnected from the world now) and I'm honestly a bit surprised it hasn't had a tiny comeback yet.
Unattractive sound, like Bert and Mervyn. I had a colleague once whose younger sister was Myrtle; she always referred to her as "Myrt, the poor wee lamb". Myrt was having difficulty finding a job, deciding where she wanted to go in life, etc, etc; when we finally met the poor wee lamb, she had become a crane driver and was easily a six-footer.
OMG
This is amazing. "Myrt, the poor wee lamb" LOL
This is amazing. "Myrt, the poor wee lamb" LOL
Hideous. Nothing appealing in look or sound.
Don't like it at all
Eh, it's a bit dated and moany... But it isn't terrible or anything.
It has a sound like an annoying, nasal snicker.
Nice name. The nickname Myrtie is lovely.
I love it. The woman who was my mother’s supervising midwife when she was training was called Myrtle Celestina. I have good memories of her and her black Labrador called Blue and so have always liked the name.
Myrtle Celestina is gorgeous!
Love it
I love the ancient significance of the myrtle and the sonic qualities of the name/word.
I love the ancient significance of the myrtle and the sonic qualities of the name/word.