Marvella
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- mar-VEL-uh
- Origin
- French
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #10,104 for girls
Marvella is a girls' name of French origin, meaning “marvel, wonder”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
What does Marvella mean?
French: elaboration of marvel, from Old French merveille
“marvel, wonder”
Is Marvella a girl's or a boy's name?
Marvella is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Marvella in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 267% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Marvella, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2022, with 5 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Marvella in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
How popular is Marvella in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,104among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 180,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the US were named Marvella, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,483rd. Its busiest year was 1927, with 35 girls. It first appears in the records in 1910.
2025 had fewer girls named Marvella than any year since 2015.
Half of all the girls named Marvella in the US since 1880 were born between 1935 and 1984, the years shaded on the chart below.
Marvella in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 21 | #5,796 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,050 |
| 2022 | 17 | #6,702 |
| 2021 | 17 | #6,686 |
| 2020 | 22 | #5,483 |
| 2019 | 18 | #6,410 |
| 2018 | 19 | #6,244 |
| 2017 | 23 | #5,515 |
| 2016 | 15 | #7,599 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,050 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,516 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 14 | #7,311 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,574 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,718 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,057 |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,328 |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 10 | #7,106 |
| 1987 | 8 | #7,982 |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,290 |
| 1983 | 16 | #4,475 |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 11 | #5,884 |
| 1980 | 12 | #5,543 |
| 1979 | 13 | #5,091 |
| 1978 | 10 | #5,957 |
| 1977 | 13 | #4,941 |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,154 |
| 1975 | 10 | #5,514 |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
| 1973 | 18 | #3,480 |
| 1972 | 14 | #4,091 |
| 1971 | 12 | #4,532 |
| 1970 | 17 | #3,576 |
| 1969 | 21 | #2,916 |
| 1968 | 19 | #2,969 |
| 1967 | 8 | #4,981 |
| 1966 | 15 | #3,265 |
| 1965 | 24 | #2,463 |
| 1964 | 21 | #2,751 |
| 1963 | 21 | #2,703 |
| 1962 | 20 | #2,740 |
| 1961 | 14 | #3,459 |
| 1960 | 17 | #2,988 |
| 1959 | 12 | #3,618 |
| 1958 | 14 | #3,231 |
| 1957 | 18 | #2,726 |
| 1956 | 17 | #2,825 |
| 1955 | 9 | #4,068 |
| 1954 | 17 | #2,694 |
| 1953 | 12 | #3,268 |
| 1952 | 19 | #2,410 |
| 1951 | 23 | #2,063 |
| 1950 | 15 | #2,651 |
| 1949 | 26 | #1,881 |
| 1948 | 27 | #1,819 |
| 1947 | 17 | #2,447 |
| 1946 | 21 | #2,023 |
| 1945 | 15 | #2,236 |
| 1944 | 17 | #2,095 |
| 1943 | 13 | #2,557 |
| 1942 | 11 | #2,815 |
| 1941 | 15 | #2,189 |
| 1940 | 23 | #1,635 |
| 1939 | 15 | #2,125 |
| 1938 | 15 | #2,113 |
| 1937 | 21 | #1,679 |
| 1936 | 12 | #2,385 |
| 1935 | 17 | #1,917 |
| 1934 | 13 | #2,288 |
| 1933 | 16 | #1,970 |
| 1932 | 25 | #1,520 |
| 1931 | 27 | #1,420 |
| 1930 | 22 | #1,702 |
| 1929 | 22 | #1,703 |
| 1928 | 17 | #2,093 |
| 1927 | 35 | #1,361 |
| 1926 | 24 | #1,720 |
| 1925 | 26 | #1,646 |
| 1924 | 21 | #1,925 |
| 1923 | 23 | #1,782 |
| 1922 | 21 | #1,897 |
| 1921 | 15 | #2,378 |
| 1920 | 10 | #3,097 |
| 1919 | 13 | #2,515 |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,867 |
| 1917 | 9 | #3,090 |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,917 |
| 1915 | 9 | #2,899 |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,637 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 5 | #2,463 |
| 1910 | 5 | #2,398 |
Nicknames for Marvella
- Ella 1,148 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Marvella
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Matilda Aurora Rosa Martha Maria Ada Lola Margot Bonnie Nina Evelyn Athena
Names related to Marvella
More French names
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Marvella: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/marvella, updated 20 October 2026.