Mirella

Meaning of Mirella

Mirella, pronounced mee-REH-lah (/miˈrɛl.la/), is a feminine appellation of Italian provenance whose etymological lineage descends from the Occitan Mirelha and the Latin verb mirari, connoting “to admire,” and which is associated conceptually with admiration and refined sensibility in Italian cultural contexts. It exhibits a three-syllable structure with medial gemination of the alveolar lateral approximant and primary stress on the penultimate syllable, in accordance with Italian prosodic conventions. Within United States Social Security Administration data, Mirella first emerged in the early 1950s with five occurrences (rank 689), attained peak usage of 163 instances in 1997 (rank 704), and subsequently stabilized with modest fluctuations in the 700–900 rank interval, registering 59 occurrences (rank 891) in 2024. This longitudinal distribution underscores its sustained yet niche adoption among anglophone families, balancing cultural specificity with international resonance, and affirming its place as a technically distinct but stylistically accessible choice in contemporary naming practice.