Female name

Mariella

799 births (England and Wales, 1996–2025), peaking in 2008. Expression number: 8.

Origin

Borrowed from Italian Mariella.

From Wiktionary, entry “Mariella”, text under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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How many babies received it

From the official birth registers.

In England and Wales

430200020102020

Peak in 2008: 43 births. 799 births from 1996 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 1990s, 2000s, 2010s and 2020s. It is still given: 122 births from 2021 to 2025.

Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, Open Government Licence v3.0.

In the United States

274018801900192019401960198020002020

Peak in 2025: 274 births. 5,213 births from 1880 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 2000s, 2010s and 2020s. It really came into use around 1922. It is still given: 1,146 births from 2021 to 2025.

Source: Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, public domain.

Elsewhere in the world

The name in the birth records of the 10 countries we track. The period covered varies from country to country.

CountryBirthsPeriodBest rank
Austria1,3271984–2025—
France7351900–2025—
Switzerland700*1915–2025—
Berlin2872012–2023—

* These are the people living in the country, counted by year of birth, not the number of births.

Source: Statistik Austria, Vornamen, CC BY 4.0; INSEE, Fichier des prénoms, Etalab Open Licence 2.0; Federal Statistical Office, First names of the population by year of birth, free use with attribution; Open Data Berlin, Häufige Vornamen, CC BY 3.0 DE (every name a child carries, not only the first).

The numbers of the name

Each letter has a value: A = 1, B = 2… I = 9, then J = 1 again (Pythagorean method). We add them up, then reduce to a single digit, except 11, 22 and 33.

M4A1R9I9E5L3L3A1

■ vowel · ■ consonant

Expression

All the letters: talents, the way you act.

8

power, achievement, your relationship with money

4 + 1 + 9 + 9 + 5 + 3 + 3 + 1 = 35 → 8

Soul

The vowels: what drives you deep down.

7

reflection, inner life, seeking

1 + 9 + 5 + 1 = 16 → 7

Personality

The consonants: what others notice first.

1

initiative, independence, beginnings

4 + 9 + 3 + 3 = 19 → 1

Digits missing from the name
2, 6, 7, 8
Most frequent digit
1 · initiative, independence, beginnings
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Your name and theirs

The number of each name, and the number of the bond, which comes from adding them together. A symbolic game: what your two names say together, to be read as a metaphor, not as a verdict on your relationship.