Marilla

Latin

"shining sea"

Marilla Origin and Meaning

The name Marilla is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "shining sea".

Marilla is a names that's familiar via its resemblance to Mary and variations, but also distinctive: It hasn't been on the Top 1000 since the 1800s and was given to only 27 baby girls last year.

Delicate and sweet, Marilla might be seen as a Latinate form of Maria or a short form of the flower name Amaryllis. Marilla Cuthbert was a character in L. M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables.

Not heard much since the 1880s, Marilla could make a distinctive alternative to Marissa.

Marilla Rank in US Top 1000

# 920 in the US

Marilla Popularity

• 1759 Nameberry 2024

20 Names Similar to Marilla

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Famous People Named Marilla

• Marilla Marks Young Ricker American suffragist
• Marilla Waite Freeman American pioneering librarian
• Marilla Guss Australian skier

Marilla in Pop Culture

• Marilla Cuthbert and Bertha Marilla "Rilla" Blythe characters in the "Anne of Green Gables" series
• Marilla Rowens widow in "Elsie Verner" (1861) by Oliver Wendell Holmes
• Marilla Brown character on TV's "Designing Women"
• Marilla New York, USA