Marcelle

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Marcelle is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country, where it is the 99th most common given name. Recorded meaning: Feminine form of Marcel, from Latin Marcellus and Marcus/Mars.

rarermore common
  • CHSwitzerland≈1 in 397as Marcel(inferred from the name graph)
  • PLPoland1 in 462as Marcel
  • DEGermany≈1 in 487as Marcel

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Marcelle itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Germany (inferred from the name graph)

≈160,000 named Marcel, est.

#986 (measured from records)

of 15M given names

7 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
425 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 379 (inferred from the name graph)

Hungary, as Marcell

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

MarcelLatin(measured from records)
מרסלHebrew(measured from records)
МарселCyrillic(measured from records)
มาร์เซลThai(measured from records)
ΜαρσέλGreek(measured from records)
მარსელGeorgian(measured from records)
마셀Hangul(measured from records)

3 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Marcel in FR France, DE Germany, PL Poland and 2 more and Marsel in HU Hungary.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Feminine form of Marcel, from Latin Marcellus and Marcus/Mars.

Sources 1

  • Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

Attested across 23 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Marcelle counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Marcelle is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DE Germany#99≈160,000 est.≈1 in 487listedMarcel276
PL Poland#22182,940as Marcel1 in 46283KMarcel119
FR France#89≈71,000 est.≈1 in 959471KMarcel365
HU Hungary—25,793as Marcell1 in 37926KMarsel3
CH Switzerland#11≈21,000 est.≈1 in 39759Marcel173
CZ Czechia#17217,390as Marcel1 in 61517KMarcel120

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); Nyilvántartó — Top-100 given names in population (2020–2025); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); MVČR — living population register 2017. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Marcelle is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Marcellé, Marcélle

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Marcellé, Marcélle

  • Swedish given name8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland

    Languages: Swedish, Danish, Norwegian

    Also written Marcellé, Marcélle

51 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Marcelle is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In French, from a feminine form of Marcel. From the 8th century the personal name was popularized in Provence in particular by the cult of St. Marcelle, who, according to a popular myth, was the servant of Martha of Bethany and traveled with her to Gaul.

    as a nameDictionary of American Family Names

  • In French, a female given name, masculine equivalent Marcel, equivalent to English Marcella

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In French, Féminin de Marcel; origine latine, « marteau ».

    as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

  • In French, Féminin de Marcel; du latin Marcellus, lié à Mars.

    as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

  • In Latin, vocative singular of Mārcellus

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

19001920194019601980Marcella Rovena, b. 1905Marcelle Maurette, b. 1909Zizi Jeanmaire, b. 1924Maria Mauban, b. 1924Andréa Parisy, b. 1935Roselyne Bachelot, b. 1946Claude Jade, b. 1948Marcella Bella, b. 1952Marcella Mesker, b. 1959Marcella Silvestri, b. 1961
  • Marcella Rovenab. 1905ITnot in their usual nameItalian film and voice actress (1905–1991)
  • Marcelle Mauretteb. 1909FRFrench screenwriter, writer and playwright (1909-1972)
  • Zizi Jeanmaireb. 1924FRnot in their usual nameFrench ballet dancer and singer
  • Maria Maubanb. 1924FRnot in their usual nameFrench actress (1924-2014)
  • Andréa Parisyb. 1935FRnot in their usual nameFrench film actress (1935–2014)
  • Roselyne Bachelotb. 1946FRnot in their usual nameFrench politician
  • Claude Jadeb. 1948FRnot in their usual nameFrench actress (1948-2006)
  • Marcella Bellab. 1952ITnot in their usual nameItalian singer (1952-)
  • Marcella Meskerb. 1959NLnot in their usual nameDutch tennis player
  • Marcella Silvestrib. 1961ITnot in their usual nameItalian actress and voice actress

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 76 sources across 43 countries.

Official registers attesting Marcelle
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024)2024229K#1,723
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—12#6,152
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20)202612#6,153
CZ CzechiaMVČR — living population register 2017—2#56,176

Reference works 5

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Marcelle mean, and where does it come from?
Feminine form of Marcel, from Latin Marcellus and Marcus/Mars. Recorded by Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education).
Is Marcelle a male or female name?
Marcelle is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
What are other forms of the name Marcelle?
In the etymology graph, Marcela, Marcella and Zella are forms of the same name in other languages; Marcellette is a recorded short or pet form.
In which country does Marcelle have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 165 thousand people named Marcel in Germany, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Marcelle most common?
No national register we hold counts the spelling Marcelle itself. The densest figure for its family of spellings is Hungary's: the national register counts about 1 in 379 people named Marcell.
How common is the name Marcelle?
In Poland, the national register counted 82,940 people named Marcel in 2026, about 1 in 462 residents.
How common is Marcelle compared with other names?
In Germany, Marcelle is the 99th most common given name of 156,202 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Marcelle” — the 99th most common given name in Germany. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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