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Murrel

Murrel is a unisex given name: about 80% of people named Murrel are men and 20% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

Mostly maleMedium
Male 80%Female 20%
Verdict
Mostly male
Male / female split
80% male / 20% female
Confidence
Medium (8 to 63 weighted country observations)
Most common in
United States
US births since 1880
736 male / 189 female
Data
nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated
2026-09-11

How to address Murrel

To address Murrel when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Murrel," in English, "Guten Tag Murrel," in German. About 80% of people named Murrel are men and 20% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.

Ready-made greetings in six languages

English

Dear Murrel,

German

Guten Tag Murrel,

French

Bonjour Murrel,

Spanish

Estimado/a Murrel:

Chinese

Murrel您好:

Japanese

Murrel様

English

Hi Murrel,

German

Hi Murrel,

French

Salut Murrel,

Spanish

Hola Murrel,

Chinese

Murrel你好:

Japanese

Murrelさん

Greeting generator

This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.

Country breakdown

Gender of the name Murrel by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
CountryHow commonUsuallyMale share
United Statesuncommonman's name80%

United States birth data

736 male · 189 female · 925 births recorded

Male 80%Female 20%

Frequently asked questions

Is Murrel a male or female name?

Murrel is a unisex given name: about 80% of people named Murrel are men and 20% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

How do I address Murrel in an email?

To address Murrel when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Murrel," in English, "Guten Tag Murrel," in German. About 80% of people named Murrel are men and 20% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.

Is Murrel a unisex name?

Murrel is not a unisex name: 80% of people named Murrel are men. Murrel leans strongly male overall.

Related names

Sources

Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data, public domain. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. Data built 2026-09-11.

Cite this page

DearWho, "Is Murrel a male or female name?", https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/murrel (accessed 2026-09-11). Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_murrel,
  title  = {Is Murrel a male or female name?},
  author = {{DearWho}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/murrel},
  note   = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}