Murrell Name Meaning
English: variant of Merrill .
Merrill Name Meaning
Welsh and English: from a female personal name of Celtic origin found in Welsh as Meriel and Meryl and in Irish as Muirgheal earlier Muirgel (‘sea-bright’). English: habitational name from one or more of the many places whose names derive from Middle English mirie merie murie ‘merry pleasant’ (Old English myrge) + hill hell hull ‘hill’ (Old English hyll) including two places called Merry Hill in Staffordshire and a third in Hertfordshire.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Merrick, Merritt, Grill, Cerrillo, Perrell, Merriam, Parrill, Perrin
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts