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Marcelo

Gender
Boy
Say it
mar-SEL-oh
Origin
Latin
UK rank, 2025
#3,021 for boys
US rank, 2025
#398 for boys

Marcelo is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “dedicated to Mars”. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies) and 398th for boys in the US (798 babies).

What does Marcelo mean?

Latin: Spanish and Portuguese form of Marcellus

“dedicated to Mars”

The Spanish and Portuguese form of Marcellus, a Roman name formed as a diminutive of Marcus.

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

Marcelo is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK and 798 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Marcelo in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#3,021among boys
Babies in 2025
7about 1 in 43,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steadydown 3% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Marcelo, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd. Its busiest year was 2018, with 15 boys.

2025 had fewer boys named Marcelo than any year since 2020.

Half of all the boys named Marcelo in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 15 in 20182025
Marcelo in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20257#3,021
202411#2,149
202311#2,155
20229#2,457
20218#2,619
20205#3,502
201910#2,231
201815#1,715
201710#2,306
201613#1,909
201512#1,990
20149#2,378
20135#3,466
20126#3,167
20118#2,503
20103#4,865
20095#3,395
20086#2,906
20074#3,748
20060–
20051#5,109
20040–
20030–
20023#3,325
20014#2,714
20004#2,612
19995#2,184
19983#3,021
19971#3,857
19963#2,949

How popular is Marcelo in the US?

Rank in 2025
#398among boys
Babies in 2025
798about 1 in 2,100 boys
Five-year trend
Risingup 55% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 798 boys in the US were named Marcelo, making it the 398th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 641st. It first appears in the records in 1907.

It has been given to more boys each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had the most boys named Marcelo of any year since it first appeared, in 1907.

Half of all the boys named Marcelo in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.

1907Busiest: 798 in 20252025
Marcelo in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025798#398
2024710#444
2023566#521
2022545#542
2021478#583
2020418#641
2019483#576
2018440#610
2017463#586
2016317#765
2015313#761
2014319#743
2013270#811
2012284#795
2011263#825
2010248#854
2009254#843
2008284#781
2007273#789
2006217#896
2005215#854
2004183#924
2003185#901
2002188#871
2001198#825
2000190#840
1999186#817
1998173#842
1997135#970
1996157#872
1995138#943
1994107#1,074
199399#1,128
1992121#980
1991106#1,040
1990116#966
198996#1,060
198892#1,021
1987100#942
198684#1,007
198562#1,189
198473#1,041
198356#1,222
198275#1,050
198187#964
198071#1,070
197956#1,221
197889#914
197768#1,047
197666#1,019
197561#1,065
197476#936
197355#1,093
197272#952
197178#920
197057#1,080
196955#1,042
196841#1,183
196733#1,311
196648#1,059
196549#1,055
196437#1,287
196331#1,402
196244#1,171
196124#1,634
196035#1,340
195929#1,466
195820#1,765
195726#1,546
195619#1,820
195518#1,844
195424#1,558
195334#1,279
195232#1,322
195122#1,597
195031#1,288
194926#1,433
194833#1,255
194719#1,732
194620#1,600
194520#1,493
194419#1,573
194316#1,832
194213#2,041
194117#1,685
194012#2,081
193913#1,958
193816#1,741
193718#1,627
193616#1,723
193517#1,708
193417#1,725
193334#1,124
193228#1,286
193126#1,361
193024#1,496
192924#1,480
192818#1,822
192720#1,748
192616#1,981
192521#1,678
192418#1,894
192313#2,330
192226#1,470
19219#2,985
192022#1,642
191918#1,810
19189#2,881
19177#3,216
191614#2,042
191510#2,457
19145#3,263
19135#2,820
19120–
19110–
19100–
19090–
19080–
19076#1,199

Names like Marcelo

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Lorenzo Romeo Luca Arlo Santiago Cruz Milo Mario Diego Leonardo Nico Iago

Names related to Marcelo

Marcel Marcello Marcell Markel Markell Marquel Marcial Marcelle

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Marcelo: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/marcelo, updated 20 October 2026.