Marielle
Marielle is a French female name, a diminutive of Marie. Notable people with the name include:Marielle Franco, Brazilian politician and human rights activist Marielle Gallo, French politician and Member of the European Parliament Marielle Goitschel, former French alpine skier Marielle Houle, Canadian woman who helped her ailing son Charles Fariala commit suicide Marielle Jaffe, American model and…
- French
- Dutch
Meaning & Origin of Marielle
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Marielle is a French female name, a diminutive of Marie. Notable people with the name include:Marielle Franco, Brazilian politician and human rights activist Marielle Gallo, French politician and Member of the European Parliament Marielle Goitschel, former French alpine skier Marielle Houle, Canadian woman who helped her ailing son Charles Fariala commit suicide Marielle Jaffe, American model and…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- French
- Dutch
The Story of Marielle
Marielle first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1920, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2016: 158 births, good for #1,456 nationwide. About 24% of every Marielle on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Marielle ranks #1,903 for baby girls with 105 births, gradually falling (-9%). All told, over 5K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1920s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Marielle
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About the name Marielle
Marielle is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1920 and has accumulated 5K births in the dataset. Marielle's peak popularity came in 2016 when it ranked #1,370. Use the chart and map above to compare Marielle's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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