Marcel: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced mahr-SEL · 2 syllables

Borrowed from French Marcel, from Latin Marcellus, diminutive of Marcus. Doublet of Marcellus.

How popular is Marcel?

Marcel was the #730 name in the US in 2025, given to 364 babies. Its use has been fairly steady over the last decade. It peaked around 1920.

Babies named Marcel in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 1920).

Half of US adults named Marcel are older than 44; most are between 20 and 78. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Marcel have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Marcel is pronounced mahr-SEL.

Marcel was the #730 name in the US in 2025, given to 364 babies. Its use has been fairly steady over the last decade. It peaked around 1920.

Half of US adults named Marcel are older than 44. Most are between 20 and 78.