Murren
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MUR-on
- Origin
- Scottish
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
Murren is a girls' name of Scottish origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies).
What does Murren mean?
Scottish: spelling of Murron; possibly a form of Gaelic Muireann
Known as the name of William Wallace's wife in the 1995 film Braveheart.
Meaning borrowed from Murron.
Is Murren a girl's or a boy's name?
Murren is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Murren in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,935th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 67% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Murren, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 10 girls.
Half of all the girls named Murren in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 632nd in Scotland.
Murren in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 2 | #7,489 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 2 | #7,579 |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 1 | #7,592 |
| 2013 | 8 | #3,060 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,666 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,794 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,741 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 2 | #6,929 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 9 | #2,226 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 2 | #5,472 |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 2 | #5,211 |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 6 | #2,535 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,896 |
| 1996 | 1 | #5,054 |
Names like Murren
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aoibheann, Caoimhe, Eden, Keira, Teagan, Eireann, Imogen, Raegan, Mirren, Brooklyn, Cassidy, Sennen
Names related to Murren
More Scottish names
Isla, Finley, Logan, Arabella, Cameron, Bonnie, Paisley, Brody, Carson, Maxwell, Brodie, Finlay, Blair, Lennox, Skye, Knox
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Murren: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/murren, updated 20 October 2026.