Shining sea
Marilla is a diminutive form of Amaryllis or Mary, often associated with the Latin word for 'sea'. It gained literary prominence through the character Marilla Cuthbert in L.M. Montgomery's 'Anne of Green Gables'.
Less common today
Marilla isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #4,910 in 2022.
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
The stern but loving guardian of Anne Shirley · Anne of Green Gables
Suffragist and the first woman to practice law in New Hampshire
British independent sewing pattern designer
