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Meaning

The name Muirgheal has the following meaning:

"Of the shining sea". It also has the same meaning in Irish and Gaelic. Also has the meaning of "myrrh" in Arabic. This name is commonly regarded as a variant of Mary, which means "star of the sea".
This name can be given to both baby boys and girls. It is a unisex name.

Popularity

As a baby boy name, Muirgheal is currently not a popular baby name in the USA.

There are no available USA popularity statistics for the name Muirgheal for the past 100 years. However, the following chart shows the popularity ranking for the name Muriel, of which the name Muirgheal is a variant.
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Origins

The name Muirgheal is very likely a(n) Irish variant of the name Muriel. See other suggested Irish baby names.

You might also like to see the other variants of the name Muriel.

Related names

The following names are baby names related to Muirgheal and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Muirgheal: Boys - Byron, Dawber, Durwood, Dwayne, Junior, Ramsey, Waylon, Zane, Girls - Aiyana, Claribel, Dawn, Destiny, Earlean, Jaelyn, Lassie, Merri, Merry, Both genders - Audrey, Carlisle, Raven, Sky

Variants

The name Muirgheal is a variant of Muriel. Other popular variants of the name Muriel are: Merial (Irish), Meriel (Irish), Meriol, Merrial, Merriel, Muire, Muireall (Scottish), Muirgheal (Irish), Muiriol (Irish), Murial, Murielia, Muriell, Murielle (Irish)

Style

We think the name Muirgheal should fall under the following style category: Celtic.

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Impression

Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Muirgheal to be: A sweet and imaginative person

In one word, you might describe Muirgheal as a(n) "imaginative" person.

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Famous persons

See the meaning of Muriel for names of some famous persons with the name Muirgheal or Muriel (or their variants).
Michael (2)
Matthew (4)
Mason (52)
Marcus (114)
Maxwell (133)
Micah (172)
Mario (174)
Mitchell (191)
Martin (197)
Malachi (200)
Marton
Maleak
Malyk
Mytchel
Maxy
Myllten
Mahmound
Merwine
Marlynn
Martino
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Madison (2)
Mia (36)
Maria (42)
Mary (55)
Michelle (64)
Melissa (90)
Melanie (98)
Molly (103)
Mya (124)
Margaret (127)
Melvine
Mille
Montese
Meranda
Myrtisa
Mertle
Mercede
Mariyah
Meleda
Monise
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