# Marcellus (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/marcellus/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Latin |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /mɑɹˈsɛləs/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 9,608 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 9,603 / 5 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 139, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Marcellus. Doublet of Marcel.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 5 | 8,787 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 87 | 1,713 |
| 2012 | 85 | 1,768 |
| 2013 | 80 | 1,805 |
| 2014 | 126 | 1,358 |
| 2015 | 147 | 1,243 |
| 2016 | 154 | 1,220 |
| 2017 | 181 | 1,084 |
| 2018 | 218 | 953 |
| 2019 | 234 | 934 |
| 2020 | 329 | 741 |
| 2021 | 351 | 732 |
| 2022 | 332 | 763 |
| 2023 | 271 | 870 |
| 2024 | 241 | 951 |
| 2025 | 208 | 1,054 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 4 | 3,744 |
| 2012 | 4 | 3,987 |
| 2013 | 4 | 3,822 |
| 2014 | 8 | 2,459 |
| 2015 | 10 | 2,150 |
| 2016 | 5 | 3,478 |
| 2017 | 13 | 1,812 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4,749 |
| 2019 | 8 | 2,488 |
| 2020 | 7 | 2,682 |
| 2021 | 12 | 1,860 |
| 2022 | 16 | 1,534 |
| 2023 | 12 | 1,906 |
| 2024 | 10 | 2,263 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,137 |

## In other languages

- Catalan: Marcel
- Chinese: 瑪策祿 /玛策禄
- French: Marcel
- Hungarian: Marcell
- Irish: Marcellus
- Italian: Marcello
- Polish: Marcel
- Portuguese: Marcelo
- Spanish: Marcelo
- Vietnamese: Marcellô

## People named Marcellus

- Cassius Marcellus Coolidge, American artist (1844-1934)
- Cassius M. Clay, American planter, politician and ambassador to Russia (1810-1903)
- Mark Johnson, American boxer, born 1971
- Celly Cel, American rapper and hip-hop producer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.