Entry № 6501 · Italian origin

Mariella Mariella — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ mah-ree-EL-lah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Italian
Meaning
"Of Mary / sea (Italian diminutive)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Medieval (Italian)

A name that means "of mary / sea (italian diminutive)".

Mariella is the Italian diminutive of Maria — from the Hebrew Miryam (beloved, bitter, sea). Mariella Ahrens (born 1969) — German actress. Mariella Aldobrandini — Italian historical noble. Princess Mariella di Pierfelice — Italian aristocratic naming.

Of Mary / sea (Italian).

The name in its native script.

Mariella
Transliteration
Mariella
Pronunciation
/ ˌmɑː.riˈɛl.ə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Mariella stands.

Mariella does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Mariellas before her.

Real people
Mariella Frostrup
British BBC Radio 4 broadcaster.
born 1962
Mariella Devia
Italian bel canto soprano.
born 1948
In fiction
Mariella
Italian diminutive of Maria.

Names connected to Mariella.

The number behind Mariella.

8

The Visionary

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Mariella reduce to 8, The Visionary. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.