Muireall

Muireall is a Scottish Gaelic feminine name derived from the Old Irish elements muir, meaning sea, and geal, meaning bright or white, giving the overall sense of bright as the sea or shining one of the sea. It is an ancient name with deep roots in Scottish and Irish Celtic tradition, borne by various women in medieval Gaelic society. The name is the Scottish Gaelic form that corresponds to the Irish Muirgheal, and it gave rise to the Anglicized forms Muriel and Meriel, which spread widely throughout the British Isles following the Norman period.