Given name & surname
Morella
“resembling an apricot”
Morella is a variant of Morela. One Polish interpretation is “resembling an apricot.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Morella is a variant of Morela. One Polish interpretation is “resembling an apricot.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Morella is a variant of Morela. An origin associated with Morela is Polish.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Italian usage, Morella as a surname is a feminine form of MORELLO.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1923. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Morella through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 15
- 0 boys · 15 girls
- Most popular year
- 1923
- 5 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 2015. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 249 as a first name in 2020; 568 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.
Morella’s family of names
In Italian usage, Morella as a surname is a feminine form of MORELLO. Morella has a related form in Morela. In Greek usage, Morella as a surname is a transliteration of Μορέλλα.
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 Morella
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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