Fun Facts About the Name Maryella
- 765 babies named Maryella: U.S. records list 765 babies given the name Maryella from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Maryella Mean?
Maryella is an English compound given name made by joining Mary and Ella. It has no single root or single literal translation; its sense comes from the two names it puts together.
Mary comes from the Hebrew name מִרְיָם (Miryam), borne in the Bible by the sister of Moses and Aaron. It passed into Greek as Maria or Mariam and then into Latin as Maria. The meaning of Miryam is uncertain. A long-standing explanation links it to Hebrew mar, "bitter," giving the traditional sense "bitterness." Other proposals connect it with Hebrew marah, "rebellious," or with the Egyptian mry, "beloved." None of these has been settled, so the traditional "bitter" reading is a customary interpretation rather than a confirmed literal meaning.
Ella is an English name that came in through Norman French and is usually explained as a short form of Germanic and Norman names, especially Eleanor and Ellen, and of Germanic names built on adal-, "noble." A separate Hebrew word, elah, means "terebinth tree" and is spelled the same way in English, but it is not the source of the English given name Ella. Because both halves of Maryella are established names with their own histories, the compound does not carry one agreed literal meaning beyond the joining of the two.
Maryella Name History & Origins
Maryella follows an old English habit of building a longer feminine name by joining two familiar names or by attaching the ending -ella to a shorter one. Compounds such as Maryann, Maryellen, Marybeth, and Marylou use the same pattern, and names of this kind have often been created to honor two relatives at once, for example a grandmother Mary and another family member named Ella.
The two halves were each long established before they were paired. Mary reached Britain with Christian usage and was strengthened after the Norman Conquest by the Latin Maria; it became one of the most widely used women's names in Europe. Ella appears in medieval English records and was also used in the Middle Ages as a short form of names such as Eleanor and Ellen, a role it has continued to fill alongside its use as an independent name.
Maryella itself is used as a given name in the English-speaking world, chiefly in the United States. It shares its structure with the many other Mary- compounds rather than descending from a distinct older name or word. Its individual elements are documented; the date at which the two were first joined in this spelling is not established here.
How Popular is the Name Maryella?
Maryella has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2013. Its best rank was #1,847 in 1921.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #5,343 | 24 | 0.0015% |
| 2024 | #6,294 | 19 | 0.0012% |
| 2023 | #6,825 | 17 | 0.0011% |
| 2022 | #10,913 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2021 | #5,871 | 21 | 0.0013% |
| 2020 | #5,593 | 22 | 0.0014% |
| 2019 | #11,060 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2018 | #5,096 | 26 | 0.0015% |
| 2017 | #5,610 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 2016 | #5,739 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 2015 | #5,601 | 24 | 0.0013% |
| 2014 | #5,737 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 2013 | #4,713 | 30 | 0.0017% |
| 2012 | #5,506 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 2011 | #7,317 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2010 | #6,808 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 2009 | #7,240 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 2008 | #7,281 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 2007 | #9,363 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2006 | #6,750 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 2005 | #7,374 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2004 | #15,379 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2003 | #15,083 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2002 | #14,768 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1999 | #15,964 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1984 | #11,503 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1981 | #9,878 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1965 | #7,166 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1958 | #5,867 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1956 | #6,555 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1954 | #5,531 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1953 | #6,228 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1950 | #4,201 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1949 | #4,526 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1948 | #5,061 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1947 | #5,828 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1946 | #3,871 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1945 | #3,902 | 7 | 0.0005% |
| 1944 | #3,584 | 8 | 0.0006% |
| 1942 | #4,458 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1941 | #2,783 | 11 | 0.0009% |
| 1940 | #3,411 | 8 | 0.0007% |
| 1939 | #2,862 | 10 | 0.0009% |
| 1937 | #4,698 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1936 | #3,287 | 8 | 0.0008% |
| 1935 | #4,668 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1934 | #3,079 | 9 | 0.0009% |
| 1933 | #2,635 | 11 | 0.0011% |
| 1931 | #4,754 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1930 | #5,011 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1929 | #3,922 | 7 | 0.0006% |
| 1928 | #5,185 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1927 | #4,625 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1926 | #4,661 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1925 | #2,350 | 16 | 0.0013% |
| 1924 | #3,287 | 10 | 0.0008% |
| 1923 | #3,277 | 10 | 0.0008% |
| 1922 | #3,568 | 9 | 0.0007% |
| 1921 | #1,847 | 23 | 0.0019% |
| 1920 | #4,259 | 7 | 0.0006% |
| 1919 | #4,103 | 7 | 0.0006% |
| 1918 | #3,163 | 10 | 0.0009% |
| 1917 | #2,806 | 11 | 0.0010% |
| 1916 | #2,958 | 10 | 0.0010% |
| 1915 | #3,325 | 8 | 0.0008% |
| 1911 | #2,377 | 6 | 0.0014% |
| 1909 | #2,145 | 6 | 0.0017% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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