Markella
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- mar-KEL-ah
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Markella is a girls' name of Latin origin. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Markella mean?
Latin: Greek form of Marcella, from Latin Marcellus
Saint Markella is the patron saint of the Greek island of Chios.
Is Markella a girl's or a boy's name?
Markella is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Markella in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 11,928th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Markella, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 13 girls. It first appears in the records in 1972.
Half of all the girls named Markella in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Markella in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 12 | #8,926 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 13 | #8,961 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 10 | #7,106 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,126 |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,059 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 6 | #7,982 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
Names like Markella
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Mckenna, Camila, Mariana, Sienna, Luna, Brianna, Serena, Kiara, Luciana, Tiana, Ximena, Solana
Names related to Markella
Marcella, Marcela, Maricela, Markayla, Maricella, Marcelle, Marchelle, Markala
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian, Clara
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, “Markella: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/markella, updated 20 October 2026.