Mariella

What Mariella means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Mariella yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Up from #1,416 in 2015 to #943 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Mariella?

US: Rising: up from #1416 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #965 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 274 girls got the name (#943 that year). First in the US records in 1914.

How common

• About 1 in 5,866 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 8,443 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in CT (0.43 per 1,000 girls), IA (0.42 per 1,000 girls), MA (0.42 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Mariella is #943 in the US and #1110 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Mariella were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Mariela183 US · 3 E&W
• Mariely33 US
• Marieli7 US
• Miriella6 US
• Marielly5 US
• Marilia0 US · 5 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Mariella

Girls

• Naomi#47“my pleasantness”^*
• Lucy#24“light”^*
• Eden#70possibly “steppe, garden”^*
• Liliana#78Form of Lilian, possibly meaning “lily”^*
• Elianna#218Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #598 in 2015, #218 in 2025
• Eliana#10Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #102 in 2015, #10 in 2025. 6 letters, starting with a vowel

For a brother

• Rowan#59“little red one”^*
• Hudson#17Editor’s note Up from #65 in 2015 to #17 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 200 US boys in the 2025 records
• Santiago#26Spanish form of James, meaning “May He Heel”^*
• Asher#28Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #28 vs #150 in 2025
• Emiliano#94Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #94 vs #1,359 in 2025
• Atticus#281“the Attic, the Athenian, a cognomen”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Mariella’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.