title: Merel
text: # Merel
  
  Merel is a Dutch feminine given name, probably after the identical Dutch name for the blackbird (Turdus merula). It has also been used as a surname. Notable people with the name include:
  
  ## Given name
  
  * Merel de Blaeij (born 1986), Dutch field hockey player
  * Merel Blom (born 1986), Dutch Olympic eventing rider
  * Merel van Dongen (born 1993), Dutch football midfielder
  * Merel de Knegt (born 1979), Dutch runner
  * Merel Mooren (born 1982), Dutch volleyball player
  * Merel Poloway (born 1946), American actress, wife of Raúl Juliá
  * Merel S. Sager (1899–1982), American architect and landscape architect
  * Merel Witteveen (born 1985), Dutch sailor
  