Marcella
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Marcella
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 is also given to boys.
Pronounced mar-CHEL-uh.
As of October 2026, Marcella ranked #948 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #155 in 1922, Nameberry popularity #582.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,425 | 160 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #1,392 | 170 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #1,249 | 196 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #1,106 | 228 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #1,088 | 231 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #1,007 | 256 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #1,038 | 243 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #1,041 | 243 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #1,137 | 215 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #1,087 | 228 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #1,055 | 236 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #948 | 272 | — | 0 |
World rankings
Marcella for girls
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Marcella on lists
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Italian cookbook author
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- Marcella PobbeGirl
Italian soprano
- Marcella ArguelloGirl
American comedienne
- Marcella MeskerGirl
Dutch tennis player
- Marcella RussoGirl
Australian actress
Marcella in pop culture
- Marcella BoyceGirl
social worker in 'Marcella' (1894) by Mrs Humphry Ward
- DS Marcella BacklandGirl
main character in British TV series "Marcella"
- Marcella MonroeGirl
character in video game Sims: 3 Moonlight Bay
Variations & nicknames
More nicknames
- MairsilGirl
- MarcaGirl
- MarceGirl
- MarceilGirl
- MarceleGirl
- MarcelenGirl
- MarcellGirl
- MarcellinaGirl
- MarchellaGirl
- MarchelleGirl
- MarciGirl
- MarciaGirl
- MarcieGirl
- MarciellaGirl
- MarcileGirl
- MarcileeGirl
- MarcillaGirl
- MarcilleGirl
- MarcyGirl
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- MarsalinaGirl
- MarsellaGirl
- MarselleGirl
- MarselloniaGirl
- MarshellaGirl
- MarsiellaGirl