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All over the world, Marçal (Marsal , מרסל , Marçal ) is quite a rare primarily masculine, but scarcely feminine first name. The first name Marçal is characteristic of Spain, where it is a rare boy's name, Israel, where it is a rare mostly girly, but uncommonly male name, and Afghanistan, where it is a rare masculine name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in India, Indonesia, and Spain. Also, Marçal is the last name as well as the forename.
Marçal is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Neville Longbottom , the fictional character in the Harry Potter universe, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone; Marçal Noradell , character in L'hereu Noradell; Narrator , the narrator of In Search of Lost Time, by Marcel Proust; Marcel Kiekeboe , character in De Kiekeboes and Marcel , the fictional cat from Disney's The Princess and the Frog, among other works.