Given name & surname
Mirel
“God has spoken”
Mirel is a variant of Mirella. One Hebrew interpretation is “God has spoken.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Mirel is a variant of Mirella. One Hebrew interpretation is “God has spoken.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1976. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mirel through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 707
- 0 boys · 707 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 32 babies
- 2025
- 32
- #4,427 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −5%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 32 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 4,427 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 5.4% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, New York had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (24). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 725 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Mirel
- Mirel RădoiRomanian association football player and managerborn 1981
- Mirel WagnerFinnish singer-songwriterborn 1987
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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