Girl's name
Muirgheal
“MWIR-yal”
muir, 'sea', and geal, 'bright' — 'sea-bright'
The story behind the name
Woulfe reads it as 'sea-bright' or 'the fair one of the sea'. It travelled out of Ireland as Muriel and was thoroughly naturalised in English long before anyone remembered where it came from.
Meanings follow Ó Corráin & Maguire's Irish Names and Woulfe; pronunciations give the commonest Irish-English form. Know this name better — a dialect pronunciation, a family tradition? Tell us. · All Irish names A–Z