Marvella
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 4 babies a year in England and Wales.
Marvella by the numbers
In 2025, 4 babies in England and Wales were named Marvella. In the US, 23 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 35 babies in 1927, making it a 1920s name.
What we can tell you about Marvella
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 Marvella. 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)
- 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)
- Marvellwonderful, marvelous; a form of Marvel10 in the US (2017)
- Markelladedicated to mars; feminine form of Marcus7 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Marvella
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