This name was borne by Marilla Savelli, a 13th-century Roman noblewoman who was the sister of Giacomo Savelli (1210–1287), known to history as Pope Honorius IV (1285). She married twice, secondly to Agapito Colonna (1250–1300); they were the great-great-grandparents of Oddone Colonna (1369–1431), later Pope Martin V (1417).
Usages: English (Rare), Romani (Archaic), Hungarian, LiteratureMeaning: Truncated form of Amarilla, itself a Latinate variant of Amaryllis. In English-speaking countries, this name is now sometimes considered a diminutive of Mary and Maria, influenced by names such as Mariella, while in Hungary it is occasionally considered a feminine form of Mór via Maura. This name was borne by American Suffragist Marilla Ricker as well as by one of the main characters in Lucy Maud Montgomery's 'Anne of Green Gables'.English: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilla_Ricker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_of_Green_Gables From 1880 to 2016, the Social Security Administration has recorded 682 babies born with the first name Marilla in the United States. The oldest recorded birth by the Social Security Administration for the first name Marilla is Thursday, July 18th, 1872.http://gypsygenealogy.org/2019/10/21/marilla-smith/ -- also used in Romani, worth labelling it as such? https://rtfhs.org.uk/the_rtfhs_baptism_index/Hungarian: http://www.nytud.hu/oszt/nyelvmuvelo/utonevek/osszesnoi.pdf https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maura(Information from name #7241 originally submitted by user 7up)
― Anonymous User 12/8/2022
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I don't know why but this name sounds really refreshing to me.