Given name & surname
Myrta
“resembling the evergreen shrub myrtle”
Myrta is used as a given name and a surname. One Greek interpretation is “resembling the evergreen shrub myrtle.”
Original GreekΜύρτα
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Greek interpretation is “resembling the evergreen shrub myrtle.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Myrta through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 960
- 0 boys · 960 girls
- Most popular year
- 1921
- 24 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 1987. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 24 in 1921. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 830 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Myrta’s family of names
Myrta has a related form in Myrtle. Myrta has a related form in Myrtice. Myrta has a related form in Merta.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Myrta
- Myrta SilvaPuerto Rican singer (1927–1987)
- Myrta MerlinoItalian journalistborn 1968
- Myrta Lockett AvaryAmerican writer and journalist (1857-1946)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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