Given name
Mirella
“God has spoken”
Mirella is used as a given name. One Hebrew interpretation is “God has spoken.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “God has spoken.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
How it developed
In Italian use, Mirella is used as a form of Mireille.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1951. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mirella through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,280
- 0 boys · 3,280 girls
- Most popular year
- 1997
- 163 babies
- 2025
- 46
- #3,369 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +27%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 46 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 3,369 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 27.2% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 163 in 1997. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (7). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,864 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Mirella’s family of names
Mirella has a related form in Mira. Mirella has a related form in Mireille. Mirella is a form of Mireille.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Mirella has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.
4 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 11
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Miravariant
- Mirelvariant
- Mireillevariant · French
- Mirelavariant · Polish, Serbo-Croatian
- Mireiavariant · Spanish
- Mirellevariant
- Mirrellalikely variant
- Mirelevariant
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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.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Mirella
- Mirella FreniItalian soprano (1935–2020)
- Mirella D'Angeloactressborn 1956
- Mirella RicciardiKenyan-born photographer and authorborn 1931
- Mirella CesaEcuadorian singer and actressborn 1984
- MirellaFinnish singerborn 2005
- Mirella Cortès GèsSpanish politicianborn 1958
- Mirella PascualUruguayan actressborn 1954
- Mirella GregoriItalian missing teenagerborn 1967
- Mirella LiuzziItalian politicianborn 1985
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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