Girl · Spanish
Marianela
Say it: mah-ryah-NEH-lah
Meaning
Spanish compound of María and the diminutive Nela (from Manuela), made famous by Benito Pérez Galdós's novel 'Marianela' (1878).
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Given in Spain and Latin America after Galdós's novel.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 613 babies given this name since 1946
- At its height in 1974, about 1 in 91,700 girls
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- Well-known works of literature
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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