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Marbella

Marbella: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“from Marbella, a Spanish place name”
Origin
Spanish
Say it
mar-BAY-yah · 3 syllables
Used for
Girls

Taken from the Andalusian city name Marbella. The place-name etymology is uncertain, likely with older pre-Roman or Arabic influence, so as a personal name its meaning is not clearly established. The origin of this name is not settled among etymologists.

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How popular is Marbella?

202431.0 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Marbella in 2024103

2024 rank#1,925 girls

Peak year2024

Total US babies since 18802,304

Marbella has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Marbella

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Jadestone of the side · Spanish
  • Savannahtreeless plain · Spanish
  • Catalinapure · Spanish
  • Amayamother city · Spanish
  • Ximenameaning uncertain · Spanish
  • Aitanafrom the Aitana mountain · Spanish
  • Lolasorrows · Spanish
  • Amoralove · Spanish

Marbella questions

What does the name Marbella mean?

Marbella means "from Marbella, a Spanish place name". It comes from Spanish. Taken from the Andalusian city name Marbella. The place-name etymology is uncertain, likely with older pre-Roman or Arabic influence, so as a personal name its meaning is not clearly established.

Is Marbella a boy or girl name?

Marbella is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Marbella?

103 US babies were named Marbella in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.

How do you pronounce Marbella?

Marbella is usually pronounced mar-BAY-yah.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.