Marbella
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 74 babies a year in the US.
Marbella by the numbers
Marbella was given to 74 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 93 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Marbella
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Marbella. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Marcellaof Mars; warlike or martial228 in the US (2017)
- Mariellaof the sea; a form of Maria30 in England and Wales (2025)
- Maribellastar of the sea, beautiful; blend of Mary and Bella36 in the US (2017)
- Maryellaof the sea; a blend of Mary and Ella22 in the US (2017)
- Marellaof the sea; a form of Marella or Maria10 in the US (2017)
- Markelladedicated to mars; feminine form of Marcus7 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Marbella
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