Muriel (given name)
Muriel /ˈmjʊəriəl/[1] is a feminine given name in the English language.
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| Pronunciation | /ˈmjʊəriəl/ |
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| Gender | Feminine |
| Language(s) | English |
| Origin | |
| Language(s) | Celtic |
| Other names | |
| Cognate(s) | Muireall (Scottish Gaelic), Muirgheal (Irish) |
Origin/history
The name is of Goidelic origin and was originally spelt as Muirgheal (muir "sea", gheal "bright") in Irish and Muireall in Scottish Gaelic. Various versions have long been evident in Breton, Irish, and Scottish Gaelic languages. The name was very common in medieval England, typically in the form of "Merial", and unusually for a name of Celtic origin remained common after the Norman Conquest although rare from about 1300. Remaining common in Scotland as Muriel, the name in this form was introduced back into England[2] in the mid-19th century, facilitated by Dinah Craik's 1856 novel John Halifax, Gentleman whose title character's daughter is named Muriel; born in 1802, Muriel is said to be named "after the rather peculiar name of John's mother."[3] Usage of Muriel peaked in the early 1920s and has subsequently declined.[4]
List of persons with the given name
- Muriel Anderson (born 1960), American guitarist
- Muriel Angelus (1912–2004), British actress
- Muriel Bamblett, advocate for Aboriginal child welfare in Victoria and Australia
- Muriel Barbery (born 1969), Moroccan-born French novelist
- Muriel Beaumont (1881–1957), British actress
- Muriel Broadbent (Edith Hacon) (1875-1952), British socialite, suffragist, WWI women's hospital volunteer[5]
- Muriel Bell (1898–1974), New Zealand nutritionist and researcher
- Muriel Bowser (born 1972), mayor of the District of Columbia
- Muriel Box (1905–1991), British screenwriter and film director
- Muriel Brandolini, French-Vietnamese interior designer
- Muriel Brunskill (1899–1980), British contralto
- Muriel Casals i Couturier (1945–2016), French-born Catalan economist
- Muriel Cooper (1925–1994), American artist and designer
- Muriel Davisson, American neuroscientist
- Muriel Day (born 1942), Irish singer
- Muriel Duckworth (1908–2009), Canadian activist
- Muriel Evans (1910–2000), American actress
- Muriel Fox (born 1928), American public relations executive and feminist activist[6]
- Muriel Forbes (1894–1991), British politician
- Muriel Gray (born 1958), Scottish author, broadcaster and journalist
- Muriel Gustavo Becker (born 1987), Brazilian male footballer
- Muriel Humphrey Brown, (1912–1998), American "second lady," political wife and activist; briefly, a U.S. Senator
- Muriel Kovitz (born 1926), Chancellor Emeritus of the University of Calgary
- Muriel Millard (1922–2014), Canadian actress, dancer, painter, singer-songwriter
- Muriel Moody (1907–1991), New Zealand ceramic artist
- Muriel Nissel (1921–2010), British statistician and civil servant
- Lady Muriel Paget (1876–1938), English aristocrat, humanitarian, and relief organiser
- Muriel Pavlow (born 1921), British actress
- Muriel Robinson (born 1954), British academic administrator and education scholar
- Muriel Rukeyser (1913–1980), American poet and political activist
- Muriel Smith (1923–1985), American mezzo-soprano
- Muriel Spark (1918–2006), British novelist
- Muriel the Poetess (11th century), poet at Wilton Abbey[7]
- Muriel Window (1892–1965), Ziegfeld Girl, pilot, restaurant owner
List of fictional characters with the given name
- Muriel (Animal Farm), a wise old goat in George Orwell's novel Animal Farm
- Muriel, the main antagonist in the 2013 film Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
- Muriel, hotel maid who was a recurring character in the family sitcom The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
- Muriel, an angel, the youngest brother of angels Lucifer Morningstar and Uriel in the Fox TV series Lucifer
- Muriel Bagge, one of the main characters in Courage the Cowardly Dog
- Chandler Muriel Bing, one of the male lead roles in the US TV sitcom Friends (1994–2004)
- Muriel P. Finster in the animated series Recess
- Muriel Glass in J. D. Salinger's short story "A Perfect Day for Bananafish"
- Muriel Hardwicke, the main antagonist of Eva Ibbotson's 1981 historical romance A Countess Below Stairs
- Muriel Heslop, lead character in the iconic 1994 Australian film Muriel's Wedding
- Muriel McComber, teenage lead role in the Eugene O'Neill play Ah, Wilderness! (1933)
- Lady Muriel Orme, one of the main characters in Lewis Carroll's Sylvie and Bruno novels
- Muriel Pritchett, character in the Anne Tyler novel The Accidental Tourist (1985)
- Muriel Rush, female lead role in the sitcom Too Close for Comfort
- Muriel Stacy, Anne's teacher in Anne of Green Gables, which had a big influence upon the development of the main character
- Muriel Taggert, the villain of the first "Fablehaven" book
- Muriel Weasley, elderly gossipy great-aunt of Ron Weasley in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (2009)
References
- "Muriel". Dictionary.com. Retrieved 4 February 2011. which cited: Dictionary.com Unabridged, Random House.
- Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006), A Dictionary of First Names, Oxford Paperback Reference (2nd ed.), Oxford University Press, pp. 199, 352, 406, ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1
- Dinah Craik, John Halifax, Gentleman, Kessinger Publishing, p. 262.
- http://www.babynamespedia.com/meaning/Muriel
- Symons, Arthur, 1865-1945. (2017). Spiritual adventures. Freeman, Nicholas. Cambridge: Modern Humanities Research Association. ISBN 1-78188-615-6. OCLC 980272437.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
- "Fox, Muriel, 1928- . Papers of NOW officer Muriel Fox, 1966-1971: A Finding Aid". Oasis.lib.harvard.edu. 1928-02-03. Archived from the original on 2018-07-03. Retrieved 2018-02-21.
- Hilton, Lisa (2008). Queens Consort: England's Medieval Queens. London, UK: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 9780297852612.
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