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“of the sea” + “star”
Language contexts for this entry: Spanish, Portuguese
/ma.ɾisˈtɛ.lɐ/ · Portuguese (Brazil)
01 / Meaning & origin
Maristela is a feminine given name documented in Spanish and Portuguese. English Wiktionary traces it to Latin maris, from the components “of the sea” + “star”.
Meaning: “of the sea” + “star”
From Latin maris (“of the sea”) + stella (“star”), after Stella Maris (Mary, Star of the Sea), a title for the Virgin Mary.
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Spain, 2025: 63 female (rank 11291). Documented as a given name in Spanish.
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03 / By the numbers
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2025 Spelling: MARISTELA
Recorded category female
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Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística · Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01
Published integer counts retained without rounding.
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| Year | People | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 63 | 11,291 | observed |
Statistics count the spelling “MARISTELA” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure people. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.
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06 / Behind the facts
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Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
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