Mariella

A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning of the sea; a form of Maria.

Babies a year
30
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
#943
up from #992
UK popularity
#1110
30 babies

How Mariella has moved

US popularity rank, 2024–2025. Lower is more popular.
#862#968#1073202420252025#943

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YearUS rank
2024#992
2025#943

Mariella by the numbers

In 2025, 30 babies in England and Wales were named Mariella. In the US, 173 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.

Its American peak was 175 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

Other names that come from Maria

Like Mariella, 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 Mariella. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Marcellaof Mars; warlike or martial228 in the US (2017)
  • Marielleof the sea; a form of Mary138 in the US (2017)
  • Marielaof the sea; diminutive of Maria120 in the US (2017)
  • 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)
  • Maricellaof the sea; related to mary or maria15 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Mariella

Names that are said the same way as Mariella, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Marliya17 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Marliyah11 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Marilia5 in England and Wales (2025)

Other names that mean the sea

Like Mariella, 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 Mariella

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