Meral
Girl · meh-RAHL · Turkish
Meral is a girls' name of Turkish origin, meaning “doe, young deer”. In 2025 it ranked 2,675th for girls in the UK (10 babies) and 6,837th for girls in the US (16 babies).
What does Meral mean?
Turkish
“doe, young deer”
Related to maral, a word for a doe or red deer in Turkic languages.
- Say it
- meh-RAHL
Is Meral a girl's or a boy's name?
Meral is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the UK and 16 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Meral in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,675among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 28,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the UK were named Meral, making it the 2,675th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 12 girls.
2025 had more girls named Meral than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Meral in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 14 girls in the UK were given Meral or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,781, up from #2,675 for this spelling alone.
- Meral 10
- Meeral 4
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,603rd in England and Wales.
Meral in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #2,675 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 12 | #2,275 |
| 2018 | 11 | #2,464 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 1 | #7,592 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
How popular is Meral in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,837among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 100,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the US were named Meral, making it the 6,837th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,208th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 24 girls. It first appears in the records in 1985.
2025 had more girls named Meral than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Meral in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Meral in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #6,837 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,208 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,134 |
| 2018 | 24 | #5,311 |
| 2017 | 17 | #6,804 |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,390 |
| 2015 | 13 | #8,443 |
| 2014 | 13 | #8,480 |
| 2013 | 17 | #7,027 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 14 | #8,192 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
Names like Meral
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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