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Miel

Gender
Girl
Say it
MYEL
Origin
Spanish
US rank, 2025
#7,883 for girls

Miel is a girls' name of Spanish origin, meaning “honey”. In 2025 it ranked 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).

What does Miel mean?

Spanish: Spanish and French word, from Latin mel

“honey”

Is Miel a girl's or a boy's name?

Miel is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls and 5 boys in the US.

How popular is Miel in the US?

Rank in 2025
#7,883among girls
Babies in 2025
13about 1 in 120,000 girls
Five-year trend
Rising fastup 137% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 13 girls in the US were named Miel, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,919th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 35 girls. It first appears in the records in 1971. 5 boys were also named Miel in 2025 (12,003rd for boys).

2025 had fewer girls named Miel than any year since 2019.

Half of all the girls named Miel in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.

1971Busiest: 35 in 20242025
Miel in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202513#7,883
202435#4,113
202323#5,386
202215#7,276
202114#7,625
202016#6,919
20199#10,467
20185#15,677
20177#12,709
20166#14,326
20150–
20140–
20138#11,964
20127#13,477
20115#16,756
20107#13,442
20090–
20086#15,399
20076#15,485
20068#12,415
20058#11,828
20040–
20030–
20020–
20010–
20000–
19990–
19980–
19970–
19960–
19950–
19940–
19930–
19920–
19910–
19900–
19890–
19880–
19870–
19860–
19850–
19840–
19830–
19820–
19810–
19800–
19795#10,208
19780–
19770–
19760–
19750–
19740–
19730–
19720–
19715#8,322

Names like Miel

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Names related to Miel

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Sources

Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Miel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/miel, updated 20 October 2026.