Mârvel
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Mârvel is a female given name written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: First attested from 1300, from Middle English merveile, from Old French merveille (“a wonder”), from Vulgar Latin *miribilia, from Latin mirabilia (“wonderful things”), from neuter plural of mirabilis.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)- Middle Englishmerveile(measured from records)
- Old Frenchmerveille“a wonder”(measured from records)
- Vulgar Latin*miribilia(measured from records)
- Latinmirabilia“wonderful things”(measured from records)
- Latin rootmiror“I wonder at”(measured from records)
- Latin rootmirus“wonderful”(measured from records)
First attested from 1300, from Middle English merveile, from Old French merveille (“a wonder”), from Vulgar Latin *miribilia, from Latin mirabilia (“wonderful things”), from neuter plural of mirabilis (“strange, wonderful”), from miror (“I wonder at”), from mirus (“wonderful”).
Cited for this meaning 5
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
- Wiktionary
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
- Nordic Names
Attested across 18 languages in the etymology graph.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence
(measured from records)No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Mârvel mean, and where does it come from?
- First attested from 1300, from Middle English merveile, from Old French merveille (“a wonder”), from Vulgar Latin *miribilia, from Latin mirabilia (“wonderful things”), from neuter plural of mirabilis… Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names and The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles and 3 other sources.
- Is Mârvel a male or female name?
- Mârvel is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Mârvel”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.