Mariela

Where Mariela comes from

The dictionaries list Mariela as a given name — a female given name from Spanish — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Spanish
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1958
    First appearance
    #5,408 among girls, 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 — more than any year before or since.
  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.