Girl name
Meral name meaning
“a doe; maral deer”
Meral means “a doe” or “maral deer.” Used for girls in Türkiye, it is a Turkish form of maral, a deer name of Mongolian origin also found in Turkic languages. A doe standing in woodland or an open meadow provides its direct association with nature.
- Gender
- ♀ Girl
- Origin
- Mongolian
- Syllables
- 2
- Popularity
- In TÜİK lists
What does Meral mean?
How popular is Meral?
Official figures: TÜİK newborn name lists (2018–2025, the top 30 for Türkiye and each of the 81 provinces every year) and the most common names in the population.
- Province lists
- 1provinces
Where is Meral in the top 30?
1 provinces · the latest year each province listed it
Source: TurkStat (TÜİK), Address-Based Population Registration System. The lists cover the top 30 names per year, sex and province; no official counts are published for less common names. All statistics →
Origin of the name Meral
A Turkish form of Maral, a word for a deer or doe. Maral is of Mongolian origin and also occurs in several Turkic languages.
Double names with Meral
Double-name ideas built from names in our dictionary, with the meaning of each name.
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Meral Yasemin
Meaning of each name
- Meral: a doe; maral deer
- Yasemin: jasmine, a plant with fragrant flowers
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Cavidan Meral
Meaning of each name
- Cavidan: everlasting, enduring forever
- Meral: a doe; maral deer
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Meral Ruşen
Meaning of each name
- Meral: a doe; maral deer
- Ruşen: luminous, bright and radiant
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Roza Meral
Meaning of each name
- Roza: the rose flower
- Meral: a doe; maral deer
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Meral Hayal
Meaning of each name
- Meral: a doe; maral deer
- Hayal: a mental image; dream or imagined possibility
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Rojda Meral
Meaning of each name
- Rojda: daybreak; the emergence of daylight
- Meral: a doe; maral deer
How to pronounce Meral
| Syllables | 2 · 5 letters · 5-letter girl names |
|---|---|
| IPA | /meɾal/ |
| Ottoman Turkish | مرال |
Is Meral a girl’s name?
Yes, Meral is used mostly as a girl’s name. See all girl names.
Meral appears in TÜİK’s most-used name lists. See the statistics section above (Source: TurkStat, ADNKS).
Spellings and similar names
Names that sound like Meral
Names with related meanings
Famous people named Meral
- Meral Akşener · b. 1956
- Meral Menderes · b. 1933
- Meral Okay · b. 1959
- Meral Çetinkaya · b. 1945
- Meral Danış Beştaş · b. 1967
- Meral Konrat · b. 1963
- Meral Zeren · b. 1956
- Meral Akkent · b. 2000
- Meral Orhonsay · b. 1951
- Meral Özsoyoğlu
- Meral Uslu · b. 1962
- Meral Yıldız Ali · b. 1987
FAQ about the name Meral
What is the meaning of Meral?
Meral means “a doe; maral deer”. A Turkish form of Maral, a word for a deer or doe. Maral is of Mongolian origin and also occurs in several Turkic languages.
Is Meral a girl’s name?
Yes, Meral is used mostly as a girl’s name.
Is Meral in the Quran?
No. Neither the name Meral nor its source word occurs in the Quran.
What is the origin of the name Meral?
Meral is of Mongolian origin.
How many syllables does Meral have?
Meral has 2 syllables and 5 letters.
How popular is the name Meral?
Meral appears in TÜİK’s most-used name lists. See the statistics section above (Source: TurkStat, ADNKS).
What names go well with Meral?
Some ideas: Meral Yasemin; Cavidan Meral; Meral Ruşen.
Famous people named Meral?
Notable people named Meral include Meral Akşener, Meral Menderes, Meral Okay.
Sources and method
Meanings and origins draw on language sources and name dictionaries; popularity figures come from TÜİK’s address-based population register, and notable people from Wikidata.
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