Morelia
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 9 babies a year in the US.
Morelia by the numbers
Morelia was given to 9 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 66 babies in 1996, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Morelia
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 Morelia. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Meliaa form of Amelia; hardworking106 in the US (2017)
- Mirellawonderful; feminine form of Mirell12 in England and Wales (2025)
- Marellaof the sea; a form of Marella or Maria10 in the US (2017)
- Morenabrown or dark-haired woman9 in the US (2017)
- Mireiaadmired, wonderful; form of Mireya5 in the US (2017)
- Mirelaadmirable, wonderful; form of Mirella4 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Morelia
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