Baby name

CLASSIC UNISEX · LATIN-PORTUGUESE
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Murilo

/moo · REE · loo/


“Wall”

Brazilian Portuguese masculine name derived from the Latin Murillo, a topographic surname meaning 'from the small wall'; popularized in Brazil through the famous 17th-century Spanish painter Bartolomé Murillo.

mu

gentle

How it ages.

Solidly Brazilian; ages well as a regional classic without being generic.

The cultural moment.

Consistently used in Brazil from the mid-20th century onward; stable ranking in the top 200.