Female name
Muriel
55,646 births (United States, 1880–2025), peaking in 1922. Expression number: 33.
Origin
Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Muireall, from muir (“sea”), from Old Irish muir, from Proto-Celtic *mori, from Proto-Indo-European *móri; + geal (“white, bright”), from Old Irish gel, from Proto-Celtic *gelos (“yellow, white”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“green, yellow”).From Wiktionary, entry “Muriel”, text under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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How many babies received it
From the official birth registers.
In the United States
Peak in 1922: 2,407 births. 55,646 births from 1880 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 1910s, 1920s and 1930s. It really came into use around 1884. It is still given: 150 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, public domain.
In Ireland
Peak in 1967: 20 births. 226 births from 1964 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 1960s and 1970s. It really came into use around 1967. Fewer than ten births recorded from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Central Statistics Office, Irish Babies' Names, CC BY 4.0.
Elsewhere in the world
The name in the birth records of the 10 countries we track. The period covered varies from country to country.
| Country | Births | Period | Best rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 70,995 | 1900–2025 | 24th in 1967 |
| Switzerland | 2,877* | 1915–2025 | — |
| Argentina | 1,557 | 2012–2023 | — |
* These are the people living in the country, counted by year of birth, not the number of births.
Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms, Etalab Open Licence 2.0; Federal Statistical Office, First names of the population by year of birth, free use with attribution; RENAPER, Nombres propios en Argentina, CC BY 4.0 (the registry doesn't record sex).
The numbers of the name
Each letter has a value: A = 1, B = 2… I = 9, then J = 1 again (Pythagorean method). We add them up, then reduce to a single digit, except 11, 22 and 33.
■ vowel · ■ consonant
Expression
All the letters: talents, the way you act.
33
the guide, self-giving (master number)
4 + 3 + 9 + 9 + 5 + 3 = 33
Soul
The vowels: what drives you deep down.
8
power, achievement, your relationship with money
3 + 9 + 5 = 17 → 8
Personality
The consonants: what others notice first.
7
reflection, inner life, seeking
4 + 9 + 3 = 16 → 7
- Digits missing from the name
- 1, 2, 6, 7, 8
- Most frequent digit
- 3 · expression, creativity, sociability
The meaning of the numbers comes from numerological tradition; it isn't a measure of your personality. A full portrait needs your first and middle names, your last name at birth, and your date of birth. How we calculate
Your name and theirs
The number of each name, and the number of the bond, which comes from adding them together. A symbolic game: what your two names say together, to be read as a metaphor, not as a verdict on your relationship.