Meral is a common
Turkish given name and Altai name. It is a variant of Maral. In Altai, Turkish and Mongolian "Maral" means "female deer". Meral has the same meaning as "Maral". It is also used as a surname.
People
Given name
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Meral Akşener
Meral Akşener (née Gürer, ; born 18 July 1956) is a Turkish politician, teacher, historian and academic. She served as Minister of the Interior and was a vice-speaker of the Grand National Assembly. She also founded and is leader of the Good ...
(born 1956), Turkish politician
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Meral Yıldız Ali (born 1987), Romanian-Turkish table tennis player
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Meral Çetinkaya (born 1945), Turkish actress
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Meral Danış Beştaş (born 1967), Turkish politician
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Meral Ece (born 1953), British politician
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Meral Menderes
Meral Menderes (1933 – 27 December 2011) was a Turkish opera singer as soprano.
Early life
Meral Menderes was born in Kuşadası of Aydın Province , western Turkey in 1933. She took her first singing lessons from Münir Ceyhan at Istanbul M ...
(1933–2011), Turkish opera singer as soprano
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Meral Okay (1959–2012), Turkish actress, film producer and screenwriter
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Meral Özsoyoglu, Turkish-American computer scientist
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Meral Perin (born 1965), Turkish-German actress
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Meral Tasbas (born 1979), Swedish actress
Surname
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Ziya Meral, Turkish-British researcher and advisor
{{wiktionary, Meral
Turkish feminine given names
Turkish-language surnames