Given name & surname
Marinella
“woman of the sea”
Marinella is a variant of Marina. One Latin interpretation is “woman of the sea.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Marinella is a variant of Marina. One Latin interpretation is “woman of the sea.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Marinella is a variant of Marina. An origin associated with Marina is Late Latin.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1956. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Marinella through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 12
- 0 boys · 12 girls
- Most popular year
- 1956
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1967. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 7 in 1956. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 341 as a first name in 2020; 211 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Marinella’s family of names
Marinella has a related form in Marina.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Marinella
- Marinella FalcaItalian rhythmic gymnastborn 1986
- Marinella BortoluzziItalian athlete1939–2024
- Marinella DraghettiItalian basketball player (born 1961)
- Marinella CancliniItalian speed skaterborn 1974
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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