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Muriel
Pronounced /ˈmjʊəɹɪ.əl/
Rank in 2024
#3,176
Born in 2024
50
Peak year
1922 · #112
Origin
Scottish Gaelic
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 50 girls were named Muriel, about 1 in every 32,264.
- It peaked in 1922 with 2,392 babies, ranked #112.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 54,852 girls have been named Muriel since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Muriel per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 1.5Greatest1901–27
- 0.7Silent1928–45
- 0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 31,091 babies, 1.52 per 1,000. Silent: 14,811 babies, 0.72 per 1,000. Boomers: 5,025 babies, 0.14 per 1,000. Gen X: 995 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Millennials: 644 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen Z: 455 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 297 babies, 0.01 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
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 (“yellow, white”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“green, yellow”).
- A female given name from Scottish Gaelic of mostly British usage.
- Origin
- Scottish Gaelic
- Say it
- /ˈmjʊəɹɪ.əl/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Muriel, CC BY-SA 4.0.