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UnisexOrigin: internationalIn Israel: steady

MurielIn Hebrew: מוריאל · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

Muriel (Hebrew: מוריאל) is a unisex name of international origin. 1,267 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 13 girls and ranked #604. Its peak year was 1960, with 35 babies.

People in Israel
1,267
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
13
rank #604
Peak year
1960
35 babies
USA, 2025
32
rank #4,352

Writing and saying Muriel

In Hebrew letters the name is מוריאל, read right to left. Muriel is the Latin spelling recorded in Wikidata; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Muriel by year: Israel and abroad

How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Muriel: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Muriel in English-speaking countries

Muriel in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States202532#4,3521922 (2,392)
Alberta20252#1,6181982 (3)

Counts for girls. The Hebrew page for Muriel has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Muriel

How do you write Muriel in Hebrew?

Muriel is written מוריאל in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Muriel?

1,267 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name מוריאל: 1,012 women and 255 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

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

Both. In Israel 80% of the people named מוריאל are women and 20% are men, so we count it as unisex (our threshold: at least 20% of the less common sex).

Is Muriel used outside Israel?

The name Muriel appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 32 girls were given it in 2025 (#4,352), per the Social Security Administration.

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.