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Maribel

Maribel: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“Mary and Isabel blend”
Origin
Spanish
Say it
MAIR-ih-bel · 3 syllables
Used for
Girls

Spanish blended name combining María and Isabel. It is also sometimes explained as Maria bella by folk etymology, but the compound-name origin is the standard view.

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How popular is Maribel?

202436.0 per million US babies
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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 Maribel in 2024119

2024 rank#1,702 girls

Peak year1980

Total US babies since 188024,927

Maribel is steady now but far below its 1980 peak.

Names like Maribel

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Maribel questions

What does the name Maribel mean?

Maribel means "Mary and Isabel blend". It comes from Spanish. Spanish blended name combining María and Isabel. It is also sometimes explained as Maria bella by folk etymology, but the compound-name origin is the standard view.

Is Maribel a boy or girl name?

Maribel is mainly a girl's name in US records (99% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Maribel?

119 US babies were named Maribel in 2024. Its peak year was 1980.

How do you pronounce Maribel?

Maribel is usually pronounced MAIR-ih-bel.

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.