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What does Muriel mean?
Muriel 
▼ as a girls' name (also used as boys' name Muriel) is pronounced MYUR-ee-el. It is of Irish and Gaelic origin, and the meaning of Muriel is "sparkling, shining sea". First used in the Middle Ages. Novelist Muriel Spark. Also form of Mary.
STARTS WITH Mu-
Variations
VARIANTS Merial, Meriel, Merrill, Miureall, Murial, Muriella, Murielle
SEE ALSO Marilla, Merle, Meryl
MASCULINE FORM Merrill
CREATIVE FORMS(female)
(male)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Muriel Carolyn (M.C.), ..
How popular is Muriel?
Muriel is a very popular first name for females (#410 out of 4276, Top 10%) and also a very popular surname for all people (#19480 out of 150436, Top 13%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Muriel reached its highest rank of #132 in the U.S. during 1920-1929, but is not found in the list currently. (TOP 2000 NAMES, 2018)
Which version is better?
Prominent alternative forms of Muriel are Mary (#126 FROM RECENT DATA), Marilla, Merle, Merrill and Meryl. These relations of Muriel were at the apex of their popularity 78 years ago (ADOPTION OF 4.5%) and have become much less common since (ADOPTION 0.1%, DOWN 97%).
Similar Names
Muriel▼ is pronounced similarly to Marell, Marial, Mariel▼, Marielle, Maryl, Meral, Merel, Merielle, Merill, Meriol, Merrell, Merril, Merryl, Meryll, Mirell and Mirielle. Other recommended sound-alike names are Aeriel, Ariel, Aurel, Auriel, Auriol, Avriel, Cariel, Jeriel, Lauriel, Loriel, Maribel▼, Maricel, Maridel, Marie▼, Mariela▼, Mariella▲, Marien, Mariet, Marilee▼, Marilu, Marivel, Marlea, Marlee▲, Marley▲, Marlie, Marvel▼, Maurie, Meribel, Meridel, Merl, Mirilla, Morela, Murle, Myrilla, Myrle and Oriel. These names tend to be less commonly used than Muriel.
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