🔥Marcella

mar-CHEHL-la; mar-KEHL-la; mar-SEHL-uh

Latin

"warlike"

Marcella Origin and Meaning

The name Marcella is a girl's name of Italian, Latin origin meaning "warlike".

Marcella is a name of Latin origin, which has been neglected for decades now. Depicted as the world's most beautiful woman in Don Quixote (where it's spelled Marcela), it has plenty of flair and elegance to revive it again.

Derived from Marcellus, it is connected to Mars, the Roman god of war, but for a less warlike association, there is Saint Marcella, a Roman matron of strength and intellect who organized a religious sisterhood at her mansion, which St. Jerome guided in religion and learning.

Originally in Latin, it would have been pronounced with a hard C sound (like Marcus), while in Italian, it is pronounced with a CH sound (like in Francesca) and in English it might be said with a soft C sound (as in Marcy).

Marcella Rank in US Top 1000

# 965 in the US

Marcella Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 534 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Marcella

• 534 Nameberry 2025
• 86 Unique 2023
• 980 Future 2028

20 Names Similar to Marcella

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Marcella.

• Mirabel
• Silvia
• Magdalena
• Helene
• Lucinda
• Marisol
• Jessamine
• Allegra
• Marceline
• Rosaline
• Eleonora
• Yvette
• Antonia
• Sabina
• Merida
• Petra
• Delia
• Gwendolen
• Lavinia
• Rowena

Famous People Named Marcella

• Marcella Detroit American singer
• Marcella Boveri American biologist
• Marcella Hazan Italian cookbook author
• Marcella Sembrich (born Prakseda Marcelina Kochańska) Polish soprano
• Marcella Pobbe Italian soprano
• Marcella Arguello American comedienne
• Marcella Mesker Dutch tennis player
• Marcella Russo Australian actress

The name Marcella in Pop Culture

• Marcella Boyce social worker in 'Marcella' (1894) by Mrs Humphry Ward
• DS Marcella Backland main character in British TV series "Marcella"
• Marcella Monroe character in video game Sims: 3 Moonlight Bay

International Variations of the name Marcella

• Marzena Polish
• Marceline French
• Marquita Spanish
• Marcelle French
• Marcela Czech
• Marcella Italian
• Marcelina Slavic
• Marcelia French