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Muriel name meaning

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in 2010
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What does the name Muriel mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.

Origin and Meaning of Muriel

User Submitted Origins

Celtic
67%
Arabic
29%
French
4%

User Submitted Meanings

  1. 3 people from all over the world agree the name Muriel is of Celtic origin and means "Bright of the sea".
  2. 2 submissions from California, U.S. agree the name Muriel means "sea bright" and is of Arabic origin.
  3. A submission from New York, U.S. says the name Muriel means "queen".
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Wiktionary

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Muireall, from muir (“sea”), from Old Irish muir, from Proto-Celtic *mori, from Proto-Indo-European *móri; + geal (“white, bright”), from Old Irish gel, from Proto-Celtic *gelos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₂- (“to shine”).

  1. A female given name from Scottish Gaelic of mostly British usage.

Muriel was also found in the following language(s): French

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Notable Persons Named Muriel

Notable Persons Named Muriel

Teresa Wright

Teresa Wright was an actress. She was most prominent from 1941 to 1997. Teresa was given the name Muriel Teresa Wright on October 27th, 1918 in Harlem, NYC, New York, U.S. She died on March 6th, 2005.

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Muriel Bowser

Muriel Bowser is a --05- Member of the Council of the District of Columbia, from Ward 8th Mayor of the District of Columbia, and Member of theCouncil of the District of Columbia. Muriel was born on August 2nd, 1972 in North Michigan Park.

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Dame Muriel Spark

Dame Muriel Spark was a writer. Dame was given the name Muriel Sarah Camberg on February 1st, 1918 in Edinburgh, Scotland. She died on April 13th, 2006.

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Muriel Rukeyser

Muriel Rukeyser was a writer. Muriel was born on December 15th, 1913. She passed away on February 12th, 1980.

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Margot Bennett

Margot Bennett is an actress and publicist. Her most notable accomplishments were from 1957 to 1973. Margot was given the name Muriel Eisenberg on February 19th, 1935 in Woodmere, New York.

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Muriel Pavlow

Muriel Pavlow is an actress. Her most notable accomplishments were from 1934 to 1934. Muriel was given the name Muriel Lilian Pavlow on June 27th, 1921 in Leigh, Kent, England.

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  • Muriel Humphrey
    Second Lady of the United States
  • Muriel Barbery
  • Muriel Vanderbilt
    Heiress
  • Olga Petrova
    Actress
  • Muriel Beaumont
  • Muriel Duckworth
    Peace Activist
  • Muriel Angelus
  • Muriel Robb
    Tennis Player
  • Muriel Hurtis-Houairi
    Athlete
  • Muriel Paget
  • Muriel Ostriche
  • Muriel A. Howard
    President
  • Muriel Martin-Harvey
  • Muriel Frances Dana
    Actor

Notable Persons With the Last Name Muriel

Notable Persons With the Last Name Muriel

Luis Muriel

Luis Muriel is a soccer player for the U.C. Sampdoria, Junior F.C., Deportivo Cali, Udinese Calcio, Granada CF, U.S. Lecce, Colombia national under-20 football team, and Colombia national football team. Luis was born on April 16th, 1991 in Santo Tomás, Colombia.

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Muriel

Muriel is a soccer player for the Sport Club Internacional, Sociedade Esportiva e Recreativa Caxias do Sul, and Associação Portuguesa de Desportos. Muriel was born on February 14th, 1987 in Novo Hamburgo.

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Alma Muriel

Alma Muriel was an actress. Her most notable accomplishments were from 1969 to 2013. Alma was given the name Alma Muriel del Sordo on October 20th, 1951 in Mexico City. Alma is also known as Del Sordo and Alma Muriel. She left this life on January 5th, 2014.

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Emilio Gomez Muriel

Emilio was born in 1910. He breathed his last breath in 1985.

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Adriana Muriel

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Juan Muriel

Juan Muriel is a sports team member for the Monagas Sport Club.

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Common last names for Muriel

Common first names for Muriel

Ethnicity Distribution

Ethnicity Muriel U.S.
█  White 10.57% 64.26%
█  African American 5.57% 11.96%
█  Asian, Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander 2.19% 4.85%
█  American Indian and Alaska Native 0.45% 0.69%
█  Two or More Ethnicities 0.79% 1.76%
█  Hispanic or Latino 80.43% 16.26%

Of Last Name Muriel

People with the last name Muriel are most frequently White or Hispanic or Latino

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Fun Facts about the name Muriel

  • What name lists does Muriel rank for?
    #97Old-Fashioned Girl Names
    #3Girl Names Unique to New England
  • How Popular is the name Muriel? Muriel is the 960th most popular name of all time. As a last name Muriel was the 16,238th most popular name in 2010.
  • How many people with the first name Muriel have been born in the United States? From 1880 to 2019, the Social Security Administration has recorded 55,476 babies born with the first name Muriel in the United States. That's more than enough people named Muriel to occupy the territory of Cayman Islands (United Kingdom) with an estimated population of 55,456 (as of October 10, 2010).
  • What year were 5 or more babies first named Muriel? The name was first given to 5 or more babies in the year 1880 when it was given as a first name to 7 new born babies.
  • When was Muriel first recorded in the United States? The oldest recorded birth by the Social Security Administration for the first name Muriel is Sunday, October 6th, 1872.
  • What year had the most people named Muriel born? The highest recorded use of the first name Muriel was in 1922 with a total of 2,392 babies. That's a lot of babies named Muriel!
  • Random Muriel Factoid: According to the 1921 U.S. Social Security Administration data, the first name Muriel ranks 112th in popularity as a baby girl's name in Hawaii. Imagine that, 9 babies in Hawaii have the same name in 1921.
  • Weird things about the name Muriel: The name spelled backwards is Leirum. A random rearrangement of the letters in the name (anagram) will give Ruelmi. How do you pronounce that?
  • How many people have the last name Muriel? In 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau surveyed 1,778 people with the last name Muriel.
  • How likely are you to meet someone with the last name of Muriel? Chances are, most people haven't met someone with Muriel as their last name since less than 1 person in 167k people have that last name. If you know one, consider yourself lucky!
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