Meral is a girl's name of Turkish origin meaning “female deer.” In 2024 it was given to 9 girls in the United States.
Meral belongs to the Turkish tradition. Its meaning — “female deer” — is the sense carried by its Turkish roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page. It travels in a few spellings: Maral.
In the United States, Meral first appears in Social Security records in 1985. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #5408 in 2018, and in 2024 9 babies received the name — 212 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Meral means “female deer” in its Turkish roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Meral is a girl name. In 2024, 9 babies received the name in the US.
Meral comes from the Turkish tradition. It is also spelled Maral.
Meral first appears in US records in 1985. Its best-ever ranking was #5408 in 2018, and 9 babies were given the name in 2024.
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