Marcel

What Marcel means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Marcel yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Up from #771 in 2015 to #730 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Marcel?

US: Steady: #771 in 2015, #730 now. England & Wales: Falling: down from #223 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2022, when 417 boys got the name (#659 that year). First in the US records in 1881.

How common

• About 1 in 4,693 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 3,885 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 1,964 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in AZ (0.55 per 1,000 boys), CT (0.53 per 1,000 boys), LA (0.42 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Marcel is #730 in the US and #556 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Marcel were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Marcell58 US · 6 E&W
• Marsel17 US · 4 E&W
• Marzell7 US
• Marcelle5 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Marcel

Boys

• Lewis#433Same root as Louis, meaning “loud; famous + battle”^*
• Bo#449Swedish, from Old Norse Búi, meaning “dweller, long-time resident”^*
• Augustine#545Same root as Austin, meaning “majestic”^*
• Louis#249“loud; famous + battle”^*
• Noel#478French, meaning “birthday of the Lord”^*
• Julien#709Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #709 vs #3,256 in 2025

For a sister

• Louise#514Feminine form of Louis, meaning “loud; famous + battle”^*
• Margot#102Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #592 in 2015, #102 in 2025
• Jane#221“God is gracious”^*
• Rosalie#171“rose”^*
• Colette#316Editor’s note Up from #525 in 2015 to #316 in 2025 in the US
• Elisa#458Editor’s note Up from #489 in 2015 to #458 in 2025 in the US

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under French, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Marcel’s. Rank is US 2025.