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Muriel Family Crest Download (JPG) Heritage Series - 600 DPI

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Etymology of Muriel

What does the name Muriel mean?

The surname Muriel comes from the Latin "murus," meaning wall, and as a surname, the name was no doubt taken on by someone who lived near such a fortification, or who was named after a place so-named.

Early Origins of the Muriel family

The surname Muriel was first found in Aragon, in the Jaca mountains of Spain.

Early History of the Muriel family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Muriel research. Another 55 words (4 lines of text) covering the years 1617 and 1682 are included under the topic Early Muriel History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Muriel Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Muro, Muriel, Murillo, Mur, Murat, Mura and others.

Early Notables of the Muriel family

Another 26 words (2 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Muriel Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Muriel migration to the United States +



Muriel Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Felipe Muriel, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1860 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Muriel (post 1700) +

  • Ellen Muriel Deason (1919-2012), birth name of Kitty Wells, an American country music singer awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and the nickname Queen of Country Music
  • Lady Ann Muriel Gammans (1898-1989), British Conservative politician, Member of Parliament for Hornsey (1957-1966), wife of Sir David Gammans
  • June Muriel Brown OBE (1927-2022), English actress and author, best known for her role as Dot Cotton on the BBC soap opera EastEnders (1985–1993; 1997–2020)
  • Mrs. Vivienne Muriel Morgan M.B.E. (b. 1943), British Founder and Proprietor of Northleigh House School, appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire on 29th December 2018 for services to Education 2
  • Eileen Muriel Younghusband BEM (1921-2016), née Le Croissette, British filter officer Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) in World War II
  • Lieutenant Gordon Muriel Flowerdew (1885-1918), Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross during the First World War 3
  • Diana Muriel Warnock (b. 1940), former Western Australian radio broadcaster, women's rights activist and state politician
  • Muriel Tillinghast, American civil rights activist
  • Dame Muriel Sarah Spark (1918-2006), Scottish novelist, short story writer, poet and essayist; named one of "the 50 greatest British writers since 1945" in 2008
  1. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
  2. "Birthday and New Year Honours Lists (1940 to 2019)." Issue 62507, 28 December 2018 | London Gazette, The Gazette, Dec. 2018, www.thegazette.co.uk/honours-lists
  3. The Canadian Virtual War Memorial (CVWM). (Retrieved 2010, September 27) Gordon Flowerdew. Retrieved from http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers/sub.cfm?source=collections/virtualmem/Detail&casualty=38211

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