Mariela
A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning of the sea; diminutive of Maria.
Mariela by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Mariela. In the US, 120 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 523 babies in 1992, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.
Other names that come from Maria
Like Mariela, each of these traces back to Maria: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Miamine; also a form of Maria13,453 in the US (2017)
- Myamine; a modern respelling of Mia or form of Maria1,728 in the US (2017)
- Marissaof the sea; form of Maria or Maris427 in the US (2017)
- Marianoof Mars, warlike; masculine form of Maria148 in the US (2017)
- Maritzaof the sea; a form of Marina or Maria142 in the US (2017)
- Maribelof the sea and beautiful; blend of Maria and Isabel130 in the US (2017)
- Mariof the sea; a form of Mary or Maria32 in England and Wales (2025)
- Riariver mouth; short form of Maria38 in England and Wales (2025)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Mariela. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Mariellaof the sea; a form of Maria30 in England and Wales (2025)
- Marielof the sea; a form of Mary or Muriel124 in the US (2017)
- Marceladedicated to Mars; feminine form of Marcellus108 in the US (2017)
- Maricelaof the sea; a form of Marcella60 in the US (2017)
- Mariselaof the sea; star of the sea combined form34 in the US (2017)
- Marillastar of the sea; beloved; a form of Maria7 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Mariela
Names that are said the same way as Mariela, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean the sea
Like Mariela, 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 Mariela
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