Meral is a common Turkish given name that means female deer. It is Turkish variant of Maral. In Altai, Turkish, Mongolian, Armenian and Persian " Maral" means "female deer". It is also used as a surname.

People

Given name

* Meral Akşener (born 1956), Turkish politician * Meral Yıldız Ali (born 1987), Romanian-Turkish table tennis player * Meral Çetinkaya (born 1945), Turkish actress * Meral Danış Beştaş (born 1967), Turkish politician * Meral Ece (born 1953), British politician * Meral Menderes (1933–2011), Turkish opera singer as soprano * Meral Okay (1959–2012), Turkish actress, film producer and screenwriter * Meral Özsoyoglu, Turkish-American computer scientist * Meral Perin (born 1965), Turkish-German actress * Meral Tasbas (born 1979), Swedish actress

Surname

* Ziya Meral, Turkish-British researcher and advisor {{wiktionary, Meral Turkish feminine given names Feminine given names Turkish-language surnames