Marcelo

Elegant but upbeat, Marcelo has steadily climbing up the US Top charts since the mid-90s. Also popular in Spain, Uruguay, Chile, and Mexico, it ranked in the US Top 500 for the first time in a recent year when it was given to more than 700 boys.

Deriving from a Roman family name, Marcello is a diminutive of Marcus and may therefore be interpreted as meaning "little warrior", due to its connection with Mars, the Roman God of war. It currently ranks below Marcus and Marco in the States, but above Marcello, Marcel, and Marcellus.

The name is pronounced slightly differently depending on language and location. In European Spanish, it would be mar-THEH-lo, while in Latin American Spanish (and likely English), it would be mar-SEH-lo. In Portuguese, however, it would be mur-SEH-loo.

Actress Jeanine Mason used the name for her son in 2025, while other notable bearers include footballers Marcelo Saracchi, Marcelo Brozović, and Marcelo Vieira da Silva Júnior.

Pronounced mar-SEL-oh.

As of October 2026, Marcelo ranked #399 in US births in 2025 SSA.