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Marcelino

Boy · mar-seh-LEE-noh · Latin

Marcelino is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “dedicated to Mars”. In 2025 it ranked 1,644th for boys in the US (102 babies).

What does Marcelino mean?

Latin: Spanish form of Marcellinus, a diminutive of Marcellus

“dedicated to Mars”

A Spanish form of Marcellinus, widely known from the 1955 Spanish film Marcelino, Bread and Wine.

Say it
mar-seh-LEE-noh

Is Marcelino a girl's or a boy's name?

Marcelino is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 102 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Marcelino in the US?

Rank in 2025
#1,644among boys
Babies in 2025
102about 1 in 17,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steadyup 19% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 102 boys in the US were named Marcelino, making it the 1,644th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,621st. Its busiest year was 2006, with 130 boys. It first appears in the records in 1888.

Half of all the boys named Marcelino in the US since 1880 were born between 1958 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.

1888Busiest: 130 in 20062025
Marcelino in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025102#1,644
2024103#1,641
2023110#1,576
202299#1,706
202187#1,799
202099#1,621
201980#1,868
201885#1,792
201782#1,820
2016100#1,610
2015107#1,531
201496#1,619
201366#2,043
201294#1,636
201177#1,834
201082#1,793
200997#1,625
200896#1,620
200798#1,593
2006130#1,284
2005104#1,410
2004107#1,357
2003100#1,355
200286#1,471
2001119#1,158
200099#1,297
1999110#1,172
199896#1,258
199796#1,221
1996115#1,058
1995101#1,133
1994105#1,092
199380#1,261
199290#1,158
199173#1,308
199088#1,151
198971#1,289
198870#1,212
198774#1,113
198669#1,135
198579#1,032
198460#1,173
198381#979
198296#914
198191#938
198085#974
197980#991
197872#1,027
197771#1,019
197662#1,056
197575#945
197462#1,045
197368#978
197261#1,032
197162#1,034
197068#979
196953#1,064
196859#946
196757#955
196647#1,073
196557#976
196456#1,006
196364#935
196253#1,045
196170#911
196075#875
195949#1,100
195854#1,039
195750#1,074
195650#1,070
195534#1,293
195436#1,241
195347#1,057
195244#1,093
195148#1,016
195059#892
194963#865
194851#971
194756#937
194635#1,175
194530#1,203
194427#1,282
194334#1,170
194229#1,298
194141#1,004
194033#1,156
193942#976
193843#963
193738#1,031
193634#1,118
193541#992
193433#1,150
193347#905
193238#1,090
193156#841
193059#855
192962#826
192855#902
192748#1,012
192644#1,050
192540#1,108
192443#1,093
192338#1,157
192242#1,084
192137#1,178
192038#1,157
191927#1,385
191834#1,192
191718#1,754
191620#1,593
191527#1,265
191419#1,388
191320#1,146
191217#1,137
19119#1,189
19105#1,588
19095#1,439
19080–
19070–
19060–
19050–
19040–
19035#1,129
19020–
19010–
19005#1,309
18990–
18980–
18970–
18960–
18950–
18940–
18930–
18925#1,065
18910–
18900–
18890–
18885#1,030

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