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Myrtle

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UpTheFRIGGinDuff · 18/06/2013 23:40

I genuinely adore the sound of this name...and it has a lovely meaning.

I get the HP reference isn't great and the rhyming perhaps...but I'd love to use it...

Siblings are Arlo and Skye,is Myrtle just too different? Do they sit oddly together?

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wigglesrock · 21/06/2013 10:29

It's not my cup of tea at all. But as other posters have said don't underestimate the power of Harry Potter. It mightn't bother you but I'm not sure I'd be over the moon if my daughter was known as Moaning Myrtle who lived in a toilet for most of primary school.

Your older childrens names are lovely, I'd also be thinking that as some pointed the child would turn round to me and seethe "why did I get the granny name?"

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UpTheFRIGGinDuff · 21/06/2013 10:28

My thoughts exactly Molotov Sad

I have another thread with many more options...someone should use Myrtle though....it's so pretty.

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GoodtoBetter · 21/06/2013 10:22

just makes me think "turtle" I'm afraid.

MolotovCocktail · 21/06/2013 10:17

I absolutely love Myrtle. My friend had a lovely cat named Myrtle (her sister was Wysteria, just FYI) and I always thought what a cute name it was.

I think Arlo and Myrtle go well together, but Skye and Myrtle? Not so much. I think you may well need to go for something a little less 'antiquey' sounding not much help, sorry

curlew · 21/06/2013 10:00

"Myrrh is mine, it's bitter perfume
Sheds a light in gathering gloom
Sorrowing, sighing
Bleeding, dying
Sealed in a stone cold tomb"

curlew · 21/06/2013 09:58

Holly. ivy and Mary are not substances used to cover the smell of decomposing corpses.................!

ClartyCarol · 21/06/2013 09:56

No no no. The Harry Potter books are destined to become children's classics which will be read by your dd's classmates and every other child she meets - the Moaning Myrtle reference will never go away and will, in all probability, end up being her nickname. Don't do that to your little girl!

IfUSeekAmy · 21/06/2013 09:50

I think it's awful, sorry. Your other childrens' names are too modern sounding for it to go with them. Please have Romy! I love that one!

TwelveLeggedWalk · 21/06/2013 09:44

Well the same could be said of Holly, Ivy, Mary...!

curlew · 21/06/2013 09:25

"I was going to suggest Myrrh, which goes with your other two nicely I think."
Please not, unless you can guarantee she avoids Christmas carols for her entire life!

Branleuse · 21/06/2013 09:24

i love it

curlew · 21/06/2013 09:23

Mabel, Maud, Edith, Vivica, Martha. Violet.

Myrtle, I am afraid will be turtles or Harry Potter for the foreseeable future.

JazzAnnNonMouse · 21/06/2013 09:18

I think it goes with your other uncommon names but I immediately think of moaning myrtle and I think it'd be unfair to lump a child with this.

RaRaZ · 21/06/2013 09:16

I don't much like it I'm afraid... Aside from the Moaning Myrtle ref, I used to read James Herriot when I was a wee kid, and Myrtle was a dog with a neurotic and hypochondriac owner :-/

nectarini1983 · 20/06/2013 21:20

Myrtle just awful....especially when your other kids have such lovely names.....moaning myrtle.. . Yuck x 1, 000, 000!

rockybalboa · 20/06/2013 20:49

Oh I think it's really pretty!

squoosh · 20/06/2013 10:30

Tansy or Aster are nice nature names.

TwelveLeggedWalk · 20/06/2013 10:05

I was going to suggest Myrrh, which goes with your other two nicely I think.

exoticfruits · 20/06/2013 10:03

I find that many of the Grannies with the 'Granny chic' names don't care for them and use a nickname.

Nivet · 20/06/2013 09:47

I LOVE it but I am a fan of Granny chic names. I think it does go with Arlo and Skye.

Lots of people did the Hmm face when I chose DD's name (Dorothy), sod them, if you like it then do it.

Lucielou123 · 20/06/2013 09:43

I agree with it not suiting Arlo and Skye. They are both really modern so the next name should be too. What about Maia pronounced my-ah. I think it goes nicely :)

GwenCooper81 · 19/06/2013 22:10

Nope don't like it. I generally love old lady names but Myrtle isn't nice at all -infact it makes me think of boiled cabbage and blocked toilets-
Merryn is lovely and goes with your other dcs names. Smile

fanjodisfunction · 19/06/2013 22:07

I like the name, its a nice nature name to me.

I would love to use it but DH would not agree, so my beautiful funny cat is called it. She's very sweet and affectionate and it suits her so well.

I like your suggection of mabel, I think it will become more popular but not overly. I think Maybelle will be though.

Have you thought of other nature plant names

Bryony
Hazel
Zinnia
Calla
Aspen

rolypolydoll · 19/06/2013 21:58

Love Myrtle and Vera. Both sound pretty to me.

TWinklyLittleStar · 19/06/2013 13:25

I had a really ugly doll as a child and my daddy gave it what he thought was the worst name he could think of, so my doll was called Myrtle. Please don't.