Given name & surname

Marila

“of the shining sea”

Marila is a variant of Marilla. One English interpretation is “of the shining sea.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

Marila is a variant of Marilla. One English interpretation is “of the shining sea.”

Explained through its name family

Where it comes from

Marila is a variant of Marilla. An origin associated with Marilla is English.

Explained through its name family

How it developed

Probably from Old Norse Hjalmarr.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Marila’s family of names

Marila has a related form in Marilla.

Walk Marila’s family in the name graph

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Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

If you love Marila, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Nature

Mäntylä

“pine tree”

No U.S. birth series

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Nature

Marína

“of the sea”

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

Nature

Mareina

“woman of the sea”

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>99% girls

Nature

Manycka

“her mind is a jewel”

No U.S. birth series

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Nature

Mohallah

“resembling the unfolding of a flower”

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Nature

Menoola

“born beneath the moon”

No U.S. birth series

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Hawaiian · Nature

Mohala

“resembling the unfolding of a flower”

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

Nature

Marusya

“star of the sea” · “from the sea of bitterness”

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Marila’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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