Meriel
Girl · MAIR-ee-ul · Celtic
Meriel is a girls' name of Celtic origin, meaning “sea-bright”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Meriel mean?
Celtic: medieval English form of Muriel, from Celtic 'sea' + 'bright'
“sea-bright”
A medieval English form of Muriel, from a Celtic name meaning 'sea-bright'.
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Is Meriel a girl's or a boy's name?
Meriel is a girls' name.
How popular is Meriel in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1999, with 7 girls.
Half of all the girls named Meriel in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Meriel in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 1 | #7,690 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 7 | #3,203 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #3,233 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 1 | #5,280 |
| 1999 | 7 | #2,295 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,855 |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
How popular is Meriel in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1934, with 15 girls. It first appears in the records in 1916.
Half of all the girls named Meriel in the US since 1880 were born between 1937 and 2001, the years shaded on the chart below.
Meriel in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 13 | #8,480 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 14 | #7,438 |
| 2001 | 13 | #7,717 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,127 |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,290 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 12 | #5,532 |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,538 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 7 | #4,594 |
| 1952 | 5 | #5,561 |
| 1951 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1950 | 6 | #4,736 |
| 1949 | 5 | #5,243 |
| 1948 | 5 | #5,241 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 9 | #3,429 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 7 | #3,800 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 5 | #4,248 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,798 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 7 | #3,429 |
| 1934 | 15 | #2,086 |
| 1933 | 6 | #3,751 |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,899 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 10 | #2,920 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,803 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 7 | #4,027 |
| 1924 | 7 | #4,000 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 7 | #3,955 |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,812 |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 5 | #4,592 |
| 1916 | 9 | #3,029 |
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