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Marisela

Marisela: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“possibly María combined with a suffix or another name”
Origin
Spanish
Say it
mah-ree-SEH-lah · 4 syllables
Used for
Girls

Spanish feminine name, often treated as a blend or elaborated form based on María, sometimes influenced by Marisol or Griselda. Exact derivation is uncertain. The origin of this name is not settled among etymologists.

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How popular is Marisela?

20249.9 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 Marisela in 202433

2024 rank#4,301 girls

Peak year1985

Total US babies since 188010,311

Marisela is fading: recent use is about 66% of its level ten years before.

Names like Marisela

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

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Marisela questions

What does the name Marisela mean?

Marisela means "possibly María combined with a suffix or another name". It comes from Spanish. Spanish feminine name, often treated as a blend or elaborated form based on María, sometimes influenced by Marisol or Griselda. Exact derivation is uncertain.

Is Marisela a boy or girl name?

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

How popular is Marisela?

33 US babies were named Marisela in 2024. Its peak year was 1985.

How do you pronounce Marisela?

Marisela is usually pronounced mah-ree-SEH-lah.

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.