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Marcell

Boy · mar-SEL · Latin

Marcell is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “dedicated to Mars”. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies) and 2,363rd for boys in the US (58 babies).

What does Marcell mean?

Latin: Hungarian form of Marcellus

“dedicated to Mars”

Hungarian form of Marcellus, a diminutive of Marcus.

Say it
mar-SEL

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

Marcell is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK and 58 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Marcell in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#3,329among boys
Babies in 2025
6about 1 in 50,000 boys
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 55% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Marcell, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,923rd. Its busiest year was 2017, with 27 boys.

Half of all the boys named Marcell in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 90 boys in the UK were given Marcell or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #467, up from #3,329 for this spelling alone.

Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 27 in 20172025
Marcell in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20256#3,329
20248#2,750
20234#4,335
20229#2,457
20219#2,434
202012#1,923
201911#2,102
201817#1,555
201727#1,141
201620#1,403
201516#1,612
201411#2,054
201314#1,715
20127#2,849
20117#2,736
20107#2,775
20098#2,445
20086#2,906
20075#3,231
20064#3,522
20050–
20045#2,691
20037#2,054
20020–
20010–
20006#1,977
19995#2,184
19985#2,170
19970–
19966#1,840

How popular is Marcell in the US?

Rank in 2025
#2,363among boys
Babies in 2025
58about 1 in 29,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steadydown 11% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 58 boys in the US were named Marcell, making it the 2,363rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,418th. Its busiest year was 1991, with 105 boys. It first appears in the records in 1912.

Half of all the boys named Marcell in the US since 1880 were born between 1975 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 444 boys in the US were given Marcell or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #604, up from #2,363 for this spelling alone.

In 1919, 60% of the babies named Marcell in the US were girls. By 1998 it was 6%, with more boys than girls since 1963.

1912Busiest: 105 in 19912025
Marcell in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202558#2,363
202449#2,674
202355#2,440
202262#2,298
202185#1,823
202054#2,418
201975#1,953
201853#2,444
201772#1,977
201675#1,936
201555#2,354
201464#2,137
201353#2,363
201281#1,817
201168#1,998
201064#2,099
200994#1,664
200876#1,899
200795#1,621
200689#1,617
200567#1,885
200471#1,760
200379#1,588
200280#1,540
200181#1,498
200088#1,404
199990#1,326
199887#1,353
199788#1,291
199691#1,224
199587#1,239
199497#1,149
199388#1,192
199287#1,193
1991105#1,049
1990103#1,038
198994#1,078
198876#1,151
198764#1,200
198666#1,160
198574#1,077
198462#1,153
198356#1,222
198249#1,341
198153#1,259
198065#1,125
197952#1,270
197837#1,537
197762#1,099
197642#1,373
197566#1,007
197447#1,215
197364#1,006
197260#1,040
197156#1,091
197055#1,103
196942#1,221
196838#1,233
196728#1,448
196643#1,131
196527#1,482
196419#1,849
196319#1,838
196217#1,961
196123#1,685
196019#1,857
195917#1,973
195823#1,643
19579#2,820
195616#2,014
195514#2,138
195413#2,206
195310#2,530
195222#1,614
195114#2,054
195016#1,878
194915#1,940
194818#1,757
194712#2,250
194611#2,270
19459#2,392
19440–
194313#2,073
19429#2,522
19417#2,871
194011#2,179
19398#2,609
193810#2,326
193712#2,088
193613#1,964
193516#1,757
193410#2,393
19337#3,003
193210#2,465
19316#3,389
193018#1,753
192915#2,002
192814#2,162
192715#2,121
192617#1,911
192514#2,192
192422#1,675
192320#1,752
192223#1,591
192114#2,264
192017#1,965
191914#2,151
19189#2,881
191711#2,422
191612#2,258
191512#2,183
191410#2,100
19137#2,272
19126#2,268

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