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[Opinions] local obituaries

by jennifer

2/22/2013, 5:49 AM

I saw obituaries for a man named Junior John (his father's fn was Walter) and Myrtis (f) this week. I just had to stare at Myrtis, since it's so unusual. Maybe it's a smush or Myrtle and Curtis?

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- mirfak +2

2/22/2013, 10:19 AM

Myrtis! It was barely used at all compared to Myrtle, but it did get used a bit. I noticed that name at some point when I was looking at popular names from ~100 years ago. Myrtis and Myrtice too - they were given to hundreds of girls/year, for a while. It does seem like it was just a trendy spinoff/smush. -is and -ice endings seemed to be pretty fashionable. They did a fair amount of creative naming back then, it seems like! Not like now, but still. Leota was used even more than Myrtis. Whatever the heck that is.

- Sofia

2/23/2013, 1:09 PM

My name book lists Leota as a variation of Leoda, which is apparently an Old German name meaning 'of the people'.

And both Myrtis and Myrtice are listed as variations of Myrtle.

- Tassiegirl

2/23/2013, 5:49 AM

Leota! There was a girl named that in the neighbourhood where I grew up.A bit older than I was, so I didn't know her well, tall gangly blonde girl.A fast runner, which impressed me, still does.

- Tiggs

2/22/2013, 9:53 PM

Huh. I like Myrtle as a middle name but Myrtis is rather strange. There's a contributor who posts that it's Greek but doesn't mention a meaning.

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