Mariela

Where Mariela comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Mariela.

  • Spanish
  • Vowel-ended
Mariela through the years
  1. 1958
    First appearance
    #5,408 among girls with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1962
    Mariela Castro Espín born
    Cuban activist
  3. 1986
    Mariela Scarone born
    Olympic field hockey player
  4. 1992
    Peak, #470
    524 babies named Mariela, the most in any year.
  5. 2010
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,070.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Spanish.
Namesakes
  • Mariela Castro Espín · Cuban activist, born 1962
  • Mariela Scarone · Olympic field hockey player, born 1986
  • Mariela Antoniska · field hockey player, born 1975
  • Mariela Coronel · Argentinian footballer, born 1981
  • Mariela Garriga · Cuban actress, born 1989

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.