Mariella

“Variant of Maria — Bitter; or possibly rebellion/disobedience (debated Hebrew roots)” — Italian, from Maria origin

Girl's name · #943 in the US (2025) · Trending

Mariella is climbing: on the charts since 1914, it reached #943 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet, with about 270 girls given the name last year. Roughly 5,200 have carried it all-time. Together with its spelling variant Mariela (#1232), Mariella would rank around #636 with about 460 births last year — the newborns split about 60/40 between Mariella and Mariela.

Around the world: about 1 in 730 girls in Austria (2025) · about 1 in 6,800 girls in Switzerland (2024) · about 1 in 7,800 girls in Sweden (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 19 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Mariellas

Mariella Mularoni — Sammarinese politician
Mariella Ahrens — actress and model from Germany
Mariella Mehr — Swiss writer of Yenish descent (1947–2022)
Mariella Farré — Swiss singer
Mariella Lotti — Italian film actress (1919–2004)

In stories & tradition

Mariella — The Rose Tattoo

What Mariellas become

Among 132 notable people named Mariella:

Entertainers appear 1.47× more often than among typical names — e.g. Mariella Ahrens, actress and model from Germany.

Similar names: Mariel · Keziah · Marlow · Ariela · Amariah · Maryn

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