Marinella
Kyriaki Papadopoulou, known by her stage name Marinella, was a Greek folk singer whose career spanned several decades. Marinella was well regarded due to her impressive vocal range. Since the beginning of her professional singing career in 1956, she released 66 solo albums, and was also featured on many albums by other musicians.
- Italian
Meaning & Origin of Marinella
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Kyriaki Papadopoulou, known by her stage name Marinella, was a Greek folk singer whose career spanned several decades. Marinella was well regarded due to her impressive vocal range. Since the beginning of her professional singing career in 1956, she released 66 solo albums, and was also featured on many albums by other musicians.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Italian
The Story of Marinella
The earliest SSA record of Marinella as a baby girl name dates back to 1956, when 7 babies received it. 1956 was its biggest year on record, with 7 newborns named Marinella — #4,837 in the national rankings. About 58% of every Marinella on record arrived during the 1950s, its defining decade. Marinella last appeared in the published SSA data in 1967, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 12 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1950s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Marinella
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Marinella. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Marinella
Phonetically similar names — useful when Marinella is the vibe but a different syllable count or letter feel might suit better. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Marinelli
- Marinello
- Mariella
- Maricela
- Martinelli
- Marshmallow
- Marshmellow
- Marinara
- Marcella
- Marcela
- Mariela
- Marilla
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About the name Marinella
Marinella is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1956 and has accumulated 12 births in the dataset. Marinella's peak popularity came in 1956 when it ranked #4,837. Use the chart and map above to compare Marinella'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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