Maribel

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled מריבל in IL Israel.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Maribel is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name290K records spelled Maribel24 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Venezuela, Philippines, Ecuador

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Maribél, Märïbël, Märibel, Máribel, Marǐbel

• Croatian given name1.0K records spelled Maribel12 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Peru, Spain, Philippines

  Languages: Croatian, Bulgarian, Serbian

  Also written Марибел, Märibel, Märîbêl, Märïbël, Maribél

• Korean given name929 records spelled Maribel3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Peru, Ecuador, South Korea

  Also written Marivel, 마리벨

44 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Maribel is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• Contracted short form of Maria Isabel.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• In German, weibl. Vom. spanischer Herkunft,

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• Spanish: contracted short form of Maria Isabel (see also MABEL ). The name is also occasionally used in the English-speaking world, where it may represent a simplified form of MARIBELLA .

  as a word

• In Cebuano, a diminutive of the female given name Maria Isabel, from Spanish

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 108 years between 1906–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Maribel Vinsonb. 1911USfigure skater (1911-1961)
• Maribel Arrietab. 1934SVBeauty contestant, artist
• Maribel Owenb. 1940USfigure skater (1940-1961)
• Maribel Martínb. 1954ESSpanish actress
• Maribel Guardiab. 1959CRCosta Rican actress
• Maribel Ripollb. 1959ESSpanish actress
• Maribel Casanyb. 1963ESSpanish journalist and television presenter
• Belle Pérezb. 1976BEnot in their usual nameBelgian musician and songwriter
• Maribel Domínguezb. 1978MXMexican association football player
• Maribel del Pinob. 1981ESactress

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 659 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Maribel?

We estimate roughly 73 thousand people bear Maribel (counting its spellings and scripts) across 8 countries in our records.

In which country does Maribel have the most bearers?

Maribel is most frequently recorded in Mexico, where it is most often spelled maribel.

How common is Maribel compared with other names?

In Mexico, Maribel is the 134th most common given name of 191,605 given names recorded there.

Is Maribel a male or female name?

Maribel is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Maribel mean?

Recorded meaning: a diminutive of the female given name María Isabel