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 AkÃ
Âener (born 1956), Turkish politician
- Meral Yñldñz Ali (born 1987), Romanian-Turkish table tennis player
- Meral ÃÂetinkaya (born 1945), Turkish actress
- Meral DanñÃ
 BeÃ
ÂtaÃ
 (born 1967), Turkish politician
- Meral Ece (born 1953), British politician
- Meral Menderes (1933âÂÂ2011), Turkish opera singer as soprano
- Meral Okay (1959âÂÂ2012), Turkish actress, film producer and screenwriter
- Meral ÃÂzsoyoglu, 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