Given name
Mertle
“of the sacred evergreen shrub”
Mertle is a variant of Myrtle. One Latin interpretation is “of the sacred evergreen shrub.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Mertle is a variant of Myrtle. One Latin interpretation is “of the sacred evergreen shrub.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Mertle is a variant of Myrtle. An origin associated with Myrtle is Latin.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1922. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mertle through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 0 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 1922
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1922. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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