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A short form of Marilla, a form of Muriel, meaning "bright sea." Maxilla Cuthbert is a character in L. M. Montgomery's Anne books. Rilla Blythe in those books is named after Marilla.
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The name Rilla is old German and means brook or babbling brook.
This variation is pronounced Rill-ah.
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This variation is pronounced Rill-ah.
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Rilla is probably most often a short form of Marilla, which is itself a short form of Amarilla, which is a Latinate form of Amaryllis which was regularly used in the USA and Canada during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
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