Mirella
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- mih-REL-a
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,344 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,341 for girls
Mirella is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 2,344th for girls in the UK (12 babies) and 3,341st for girls in the US (46 babies).
What does Mirella mean?
Italian form of Mireille, from Provençal (Occitan) Mirèio
Mirèio, the Provençal original, was popularised by Frédéric Mistral's 1859 poem of that name.
Is Mirella a girl's or a boy's name?
Mirella is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the UK and 46 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mirella in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,344th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 23,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 52% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the UK were named Mirella, making it the 2,344th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,766th.
2025 had the most girls named Mirella of any year since it first appeared, in 1998.
Half of all the girls named Mirella in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 16 girls in the UK were given Mirella or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,607, up from #2,344 for this spelling alone.
- Mirella 12
- Mirela 4
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,276th in England and Wales.
Mirella in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #2,344 |
| 2024 | 10 | #2,644 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,640 |
| 2022 | 7 | #3,347 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,766 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,809 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 7 | #3,471 |
| 2011 | 8 | #3,041 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,909 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,663 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 1 | #5,152 |
How popular is Mirella in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,341st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 46 about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 39% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 46 girls in the US were named Mirella, making it the 3,341st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,755th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 163 girls. It first appears in the records in 1951.
Half of all the girls named Mirella in the US since 1880 were born between 1982 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 53 girls in the US were given Mirella or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,492, up from #3,341 for this spelling alone.
- Mirella 46
- Mirela 7
Mirella in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 46 | #3,341 |
| 2024 | 60 | #2,798 |
| 2023 | 33 | #4,274 |
| 2022 | 29 | #4,668 |
| 2021 | 33 | #4,241 |
| 2020 | 27 | #4,755 |
| 2019 | 45 | #3,450 |
| 2018 | 28 | #4,766 |
| 2017 | 27 | #4,920 |
| 2016 | 31 | #4,530 |
| 2015 | 31 | #4,487 |
| 2014 | 43 | #3,583 |
| 2013 | 31 | #4,541 |
| 2012 | 35 | #4,214 |
| 2011 | 35 | #4,150 |
| 2010 | 47 | #3,408 |
| 2009 | 60 | #2,891 |
| 2008 | 60 | #2,922 |
| 2007 | 66 | #2,750 |
| 2006 | 68 | #2,631 |
| 2005 | 73 | #2,403 |
| 2004 | 82 | #2,172 |
| 2003 | 67 | #2,436 |
| 2002 | 58 | #2,639 |
| 2001 | 66 | #2,375 |
| 2000 | 77 | #2,099 |
| 1999 | 97 | #1,686 |
| 1998 | 131 | #1,339 |
| 1997 | 163 | #1,143 |
| 1996 | 97 | #1,597 |
| 1995 | 60 | #2,211 |
| 1994 | 64 | #2,119 |
| 1993 | 62 | #2,147 |
| 1992 | 86 | #1,726 |
| 1991 | 70 | #1,973 |
| 1990 | 48 | #2,487 |
| 1989 | 47 | #2,437 |
| 1988 | 50 | #2,246 |
| 1987 | 38 | #2,610 |
| 1986 | 44 | #2,299 |
| 1985 | 50 | #2,099 |
| 1984 | 43 | #2,265 |
| 1983 | 36 | #2,515 |
| 1982 | 49 | #2,082 |
| 1981 | 66 | #1,714 |
| 1980 | 58 | #1,863 |
| 1979 | 60 | #1,795 |
| 1978 | 71 | #1,546 |
| 1977 | 40 | #2,257 |
| 1976 | 47 | #1,912 |
| 1975 | 43 | #2,023 |
| 1974 | 37 | #2,172 |
| 1973 | 50 | #1,755 |
| 1972 | 44 | #1,890 |
| 1971 | 33 | #2,340 |
| 1970 | 30 | #2,450 |
| 1969 | 20 | #3,011 |
| 1968 | 22 | #2,708 |
| 1967 | 26 | #2,376 |
| 1966 | 15 | #3,265 |
| 1965 | 16 | #3,148 |
| 1964 | 11 | #4,095 |
| 1963 | 16 | #3,175 |
| 1962 | 10 | #4,262 |
| 1961 | 16 | #3,188 |
| 1960 | 7 | #5,167 |
| 1959 | 6 | #5,565 |
| 1958 | 7 | #4,889 |
| 1957 | 7 | #4,917 |
| 1956 | 6 | #5,324 |
| 1955 | 7 | #4,739 |
| 1954 | 5 | #5,751 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 5 | #5,561 |
| 1951 | 6 | #4,832 |
Names like Mirella
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Fatima, Mia, Sienna, Athena, Lara, Kiara, Eliana, Alina, Myla, Maya, Aisha, Sophia
Other spellings of Mirella
Names related to Mirella
Mariella, Mirielle, Mariela, Mirel, Mireille, Marella, Maryella, Marilla
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, “Mirella: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mirella, updated 20 October 2026.