Miel

A girls’ name of Spanish origin, meaning honey.

Babies a year
6
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Miel by the numbers

Miel was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 8 babies in 2005, making it a 2000s name.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Miel. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Melhoney; diminutive of melissa or melanie6 in the US (2017)
  • Mirel3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Miela13 in the US (2017)
  • Myel5 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Miel

Names that are said the same way as Miel, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

Other names that mean a bee

Like Miel, each of these has a bee in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Melissahoney bee1,168 in the US (2017)
  • Melinahoney; form of Melissa or Melina486 in the US (2017)
  • Deborahbee68 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Honeysweet substance made by bees253 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Pamelaall honey; literary coinage by Philip Sidney153 in the US (2017)
  • Melindahoney; a blend of Melissa and Belinda128 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Miel

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