Maribel

Where Maribel comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Maribel.

Maribel through the years
  1. 1906
    First appearance
    #1,951 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1911
    Maribel Vinson born
    figure skater
  3. 1978
    Maribel Domínguez born
    Mexican association football player
  4. 1980
    Peak, #315
    769 babies named Maribel, the most in any year.
  5. 1999
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #622.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Maribel Vinson · figure skater, 1911–1961
  • Maribel Domínguez · Mexican association football player, born 1978
  • Maribel Guardia · Costa Rican actress, born 1959
  • Maribel Owen · figure skater, 1940–1961
  • Maribel Martín · Spanish actress, born 1954

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.