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'Memel' is a name, mainly used by Germans, and both for towns and rivers. It supposedly was derived from Old Prussian language, meaning "surrounded by water". It may refer to:

★ Memel -> Klaipėda city, formerly part of East Prussia and Germany, now as Klaipėda part of Lithuania

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★ Memelburg, the Ordensburg castle built in 1252 by Teutonic Knights which was the nucleus for the city

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★ Memel Territory (''Memelland''), the area separated from Germany by the Treaty of Versailles, later called Klaipėda Region

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★ Battle of Memel, a siege of the city, from late 1944 to early 1945.

★ Neman River, known in German as ''(die) Memel'', mentioned in ''Das Lied der Deutschen'' as eastern border of Germany

★ Nemunėlis River, known in German as ''Memele'', and in Latvian as ''Mēmele''

★ Memel, Free State, a village in the Free State Province of South Africa, named after Memel (Klaipeda)