Given name
Murielle
“of the shining sea”
In French use, Murielle has an alternative spelling in Muriel. One Irish interpretation is “of the shining sea.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In French use, Murielle has an alternative spelling in Muriel. One Irish interpretation is “of the shining sea.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In French use, Murielle has an alternative spelling in Muriel. An origin associated with Muriel is Celtic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1919. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Murielle through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 327
- 0 boys · 327 girls
- Most popular year
- 1927
- 15 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 7 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 15 in 1927. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 759 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.
Murielle’s family of names
In French usage, Murielle has an alternative spelling in Muriel. Murielle has a related form in Muriel. In French usage, Murielle has a conventional equivalent in the English form Muriel.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Murielle has relatives in 3 languages.
2 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Murielle
- Murielle Ahouré-DempsIvorian sprinterborn 1987
- Murielle TelioAmerican actress from New Yorkborn 1993
- Murielle LaurentFrench politicianborn 1977
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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