Marella
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- mah-REL-ah
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #10,104 for girls
Marella is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
What does Marella mean?
Hebrew: Italian pet form of Maria
Borne by Marella Agnelli (1927-2019), the Italian style icon married to Fiat chief Gianni Agnelli.
Is Marella a girl's or a boy's name?
Marella is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Marella in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,104among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 180,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the US were named Marella, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 1970, with 17 girls. It first appears in the records in 1918.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Marella than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Marella in the US since 1880 were born between 1966 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Marella in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 16 | #6,979 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,491 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,755 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,467 |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 10 | #5,886 |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,294 |
| 1975 | 9 | #5,982 |
| 1974 | 11 | #5,010 |
| 1973 | 17 | #3,634 |
| 1972 | 15 | #3,894 |
| 1971 | 8 | #6,004 |
| 1970 | 17 | #3,576 |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 5 | #6,803 |
| 1966 | 6 | #5,808 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 7 | #5,292 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 7 | #5,167 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 8 | #4,519 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 6 | #5,324 |
| 1955 | 6 | #5,207 |
| 1954 | 5 | #5,751 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 5 | #5,413 |
| 1950 | 6 | #4,736 |
| 1949 | 5 | #5,243 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 5 | #5,293 |
| 1946 | 5 | #4,958 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 5 | #4,340 |
| 1937 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 1936 | 5 | #4,179 |
| 1935 | 5 | #4,202 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,899 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,803 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 6 | #4,443 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 6 | #4,396 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,867 |
Nicknames for Marella
- Ella 1,148 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Marella
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Magdalena Eliza Maria Susanna Mara Mariama Lucia Alora Solana Maritza Manuela Ximena
Names related to Marella
Mariella Mariel Mariela Marielle Marla Marely Mirella Mariely
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Marella: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/marella, updated 20 October 2026.