Baby name
FADING
🇬🇧 🇺🇸 🇮🇪 Muriel
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Meaning
“Bright sea”
From the Celtic Muirgel meaning 'bright sea'; brought to England by the Normans and popular in the early 20th century, now ripe for rediscovery.
Nicknames
mu
Vibe
gentle
How it ages.
Peaked in the early 1900s in Britain; vintage enough to feel fresh, and due for revival.
The cultural moment.
Common in Britain and Ireland in the early 20th century; rare since the 1960s but now attracting attention.