title: Mariel (given name)
text: # Mariel (given name)
  
  Mariel is a feminine given name, a diminutive of Mary and influenced by Muriel. (Spanish pronunciation:)
  
  ## List of persons with the given name
  
  * Mariel Hemingway, American actress and writer, granddaughter of writer Ernest Hemingway
  * Mariel Maciá (born 1980), Argentine-Spanish film director, theater director, screenwriter and producer
  * Mariel Pamintuan, Filipino actress, singer and model
  * Mariel Rodriguez, Filipino commercial model, endorser, TV host, former MTV VJ and actress
  * Mariel Zagunis, American Olympic sabre fencer
  
  ## Other uses
  
  * "Mariel", a song by Fiona on her 1989 album Heart Like a Gun
  * Mariel is also the name of the main character in Brian Jacques' book, Mariel of Redwall.
  