Myrtle

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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?

Yes they do sit oddly. It doesn't sound a pleasant name it is hideous

Arlo & Skye seem more on the cool end of names. Is there anything else you like?

Sounds too close to Mirkin for my liking.

A sibling for Arlo and Skye (I remember your previous posts and know Skye wasnt your choice, mch as I like.it), would be Liv.

Mila would be better, maybe? Or Martha, Marta, Mariam, Miriam, Marla. Myrtle is very old-lady ish and doesn't sound pretty, I think she'd be teased :(

I think it's pretty (pretty flower too) and works with Arlo and Skye. People may think Moaning Myrtle the first time they hear it, but soon the first association will be your dd.

I think it's very sweet.

It's one of those old lady names like Maureen and Gladys, it's just not made the shift into granny chic.

When are you due, by the way, I often look at your name threads! I think we have similar taste (apart from Myrtle!).

I like it!

If older-style names such as Agnes, Martha, Daphne and Maud can be popular on here, then I don't see why Myrtle shouldn't be.

Makes me think of Myrtle Beach.

I can't really see it on a person, sorry. I just think myrtle the turtle. Doesn't really go with the siblings names either.

Agnes?
Martha?
Greta?
Ivy?
Laurel?
Sorrel?
Silver?
Lilith?
Estelle?
Esther?

I knew a Myrtle once. The name has lovely Greek mythological history - she told me. But no - she was moaning myrtle grown old and I still shudder when I think of her and inwardly remember the groan when she came out as I put my key in the lock to go in. Cross eyes, heavy boned, lace-ups, headscarf knotted under her chin, checked shopping bag.

I can't help it OP but no, just no. Bugsy bill has some good ideas though.

I actually like Myrtle, but I think it might be hard to wear, and I don't think it goes well with Arlo and Skye at all. It seems to me like it's on the extreme end of the "so old and fusty that it's ready to be cool again" trend, and I feel like only a certain kind of child could pull it off.

I sort of like Myrto, the name of the wife of Socrates. That may be too far out there, though.

Go for it! So many people all like the same names on here that it's very easy to predict what are/will be popular names. If the MNers think it's old-fashioned it will be perfect as it won't be rediscovered for at least another decade.

I remember when I mentioned at work (two decades ago) that I liked the name Olivia everyone was horrified and moaned on and on. When my first dd went to primary there were no less than 6 Olivias in the class above! I didn't use it because I realized how popular it would be.

If no one likes it and can't imagine using it - I consider that a positive thing!

My main concern would be Moaning Myrtle. Speaking as someone who got called Moaner Lisa every time I had a (perfectly reasonable) grump in my teens!

You can't be serious?

You can't do that to a child.

I know a Myrtle who must be about 2 by now. Have to say I remain unconvinced.

I automatically see Myrtle as a very wet individual,of indeterminate years, dressed in beige! I can't change it to picture a baby or child.

Sorry, it's terrible.

It's a baby turtle!! Don't do it to your child, do you hate her already?

No

Most of those are or have been,on my list Bugsy
I have plenty of other names on my list,but none I like as much,I know lots of people don't like it,but I love the sound of it,I think it's very pretty.

I'm due the beginning of December Zola

I honestly don't see what's so horrible about it....it's a perfectly lovely name...just as nice as Agnes,Enid,Maud,Beatrice...

What about Merle? Sounds similar but much better imo

I knew a lady once called Myrtée (French Canadian). I like that.

Imagine it being said in a spouse accent " Meeeeeeeeeeeeertle"

I would cry if my name was Myrtle, then get it changed by deed pole.

Honestly I think it's an awful, awful name. On a par with Beryl or Gertrude.

Also it sounds totally at odds with your other kids names, not that they have to match or anything, but I'd assume you'd named her after a rich elderly relative in the hopes of getting in her will good books.