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    Maristella

    mar-ih-STEL-ah

    Latin/Italian
    Girl
    Meaning-based name
    Meaning
    Star of the sea
    Origin
    Latin/Italian
    Is it in the Bible?
    No — the name Maristella does not appear in the King James Bible. Christian families use it for its meaning, "Star of the sea", and for the biblical themes that meaning touches, not because anyone in Scripture is called Maristella.
    First appears in
    Does not appear in the King James text
    Peak US usage
    No recorded United States usage in the 1880–2008 records
    Spiritual meaning
    Maristella is numbered and named — star ordained, heavens considered, each celestial light called by the God who fingers the moon into place.
    Verses on this meaning
    • Psalm 147:4

      "He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names."

    • Psalm 8:3

      "When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained."

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