Murelis

Cf. Mùrãlis, Mùralius (see). Most likely, in all cases, dialectal, later slightly changed surn. from *Murėlis, *Murėlius. They are derived from lit. múrelius „kas išsitepęs, murzinas“ (LKŽ VIII 415). See also Z. Zinkevičius, 1977, p. 175.