Mariel
A girls’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning of the sea; a form of Mary or Muriel.
Mariel by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Mariel. In the US, 124 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 268 babies in 1992, making it a 1990s name.
Other names that come from Mary
Like Mariel, each of these traces back to Mary: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Mollybeloved; a diminutive of Mary405 in England and Wales (2025)
- Maliacalm, peaceful; hawaiian form of Mary1,416 in the US (2017)
- Marilynbeloved by god; a form of Mary580 in the US (2017)
- Mariamof the sea; beloved; form of Mary179 in England and Wales (2025)
- Maeof the sea; a form of May or Mary108 in England and Wales (2025)
- Pollystar; a diminutive of Polly from Mary242 in England and Wales (2025)
- Molliestar; diminutive of Mary or Molly192 in England and Wales (2025)
- Marionof the sea; a form of Mary216 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Mariel. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Marieof the sea; beloved; form of Mary453 in the US (2017)
- Maribelof the sea and beautiful; blend of Maria and Isabel130 in the US (2017)
- Marielaof the sea; diminutive of Maria120 in the US (2017)
- Murielsea bright; from muir and geal24 in the US (2017)
- Mariemof the sea or star of the sea; form of mary15 in the US (2017)
- Mariely32 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Mariel
Names that are said the same way as Mariel, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean the sea
Like Mariel, each of these has the sea in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Dylanson of the sea10,158 in the US (2017)
- Kaisea672 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mariaof the sea; a form of Mary522 in England and Wales (2025)
- Marystar of the sea; beloved2,381 in the US (2017)
- Morgansea-born; great and bright2,273 in the US (2017)
- Mariahof the sea; a form of Maria1,604 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Mariel
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