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Marianela
Pronounced mar-ee-uh-NEL-uh /ˌmɑɹ.i.əˈnɛl.ə/High
Meaning: A Spanish compound joining Maria - the Latin form of Hebrew Miriam - with Nela, a short form of names like Manuela and Antonela. It is the title and heroine of the eighteen-seventies novel Marianela by Benito Perez Galdos.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Marianela is a Spanish compound name, joining Maria to Nela, a short form of names such as Manuela and Antonela. It owes much of its currency to the novel Marianela by Benito Perez Galdos, whose heroine is a poor, plain-looking girl loved by a blind boy who has never seen her; the book became a staple of Spanish-language schooling. Maria itself descends from the Hebrew Miriam, whose meaning has never been settled, and we note that honestly (said 'mar-ee-uh-NEL-uh').
It appears only in very small numbers in the U.S. Rare, literary, and Spanish.
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What does the name Marianela mean?
Marianela is a Spanish compound of Maria and Nela, made famous by the novel Marianela by Benito Perez Galdos.
How do you pronounce Marianela?
It's said mar-ee-uh-NEL-uh /ˌmɑɹ.i.əˈnɛl.ə/ - five syllables, stress on the fourth.
Is Marianela a boy or girl name?
Marianela is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Marianela?
Marianela is extremely rare in the U.S.