Entry № 7081 · Greek origin

Myrto Myrto — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ MEER-toh /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
Meaning
"Myrtle (Socrates's second wife)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Greek)

A name that means "myrtle (socrates's second wife)".

Myrto is from the Greek Μυρτώ (Myrtṓ — myrtle, myrtle-tree) — from Greek myrtos (myrtle plant). Myrto is one of the Greek feminine names — central to traditional Greek mythological + literary heritage.

Myrtle (Socrates's second wife) — a Greek name.

The name in its native script.

Μυρτώ
Transliteration
Myrtṓ
Pronunciation
/ ˈmɪr.toʊ /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Myrto stands.

Myrto does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Myrtos before her.

Real people

In fiction
Myrto
Second wife of Socrates + daughter of Aristides the Just + Plutarch's Aristides 27 + Athenaeus's Deipnosophistae 13.555-556 + Euripides's Hippolytus 428 BCE + Aphrodite's sacred myrtle.
Greek tradition

Names connected to Myrto.

The number behind Myrto.

1

The Leader

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Myrto reduce to 1, The Leader. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.