From dialectal muurame(“cloudberry”) or a variant of maamuurain(“arctic raspberry”), referring to the berries found in the area. The village has also been known as Muranjärvi, Murame and Muratjärvi.
The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Muurame" is Muuramessa.
Sirkka Paikkala, editor (2007), Suomalainen paikannimikirja [Book of Finnish Place names] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Karttakeskus, Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus, →ISBN