Given name & surname

Miriel

Miriel is used as a given name and a surname.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Miriel isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2008. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Miriel through the years

Babies since 1880
32
0 boys · 32 girls
Most popular year
2025
9 babies
2025
9
#10,650 for girls
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
02462025Highest share 20255.6
Miriel in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2008–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 10,650 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 166 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.

Miriel’s family of names

Miriel may belong to the same name family as MIRIELL. This is a tentative spelling connection.

Walk Miriel’s family in the name graph

MirielMiriellMirriel

The ring: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 2

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Similar names

If you love Miriel, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Eipril

11Very rare

>99% girls

Modern

Marlani

17Very rareRising fast

>99% girls

Modern

Yvie

12Very rareRising fast

>99% girls

Modern

Aizel

13Very rareRising fast

>99% girls

Modern

Musfirah

25RareRising fast

>99% girls

Modern

Myracle

“an act of God's hand”

28RareEasing

>99% girls

Modern

Madiha

“one who is praiseworthy”

27RareRising

>99% girls

Modern

Milynn

14Very rareCooling

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Miriel’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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