Marcela

Spellings & scripts●

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Marcela is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Czech given name524K records spelled Marcela7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Czechia, Poland, United States, Slovakia

  Languages: Czech, Polish, Slovak

  Also written Marčéla, Marčela, Marcelá

• English given name275K records spelled Marcela11 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Ecuador, Australia

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Márcęlā, Marcëla, Märčëlä, Märcelä, Märcëlä

• a separate given name23K records spelled Marcela3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Bolivia, United Kingdom, Spain

  Also written Marĉela, Marčela

• French given name14K records spelled Marcela6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, France, United States, Belgium

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Marcéla, Marcèla, Mârcêlâ, Märcëlä

• Lao given name10K records spelled Marcela10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Laos, Chile, United States, Thailand

  Languages: Lao, Thai

  Also written Märcëlä, Marcëla, Märcelä, Mârcêlä, Märčëlä

• Romanian given name7.7K records spelled Marcela3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Moldova, Romania, United States, Philippines

  Also written Märčëlä, Marceĺa

• Croatian given name6.0K records spelled Marcela25 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Croatia, Russia, United States, Ukraine

  Languages: Croatian, Russian, Ukrainian

  Also written Марчела, Marsela, Marčela, Marchela, Марсела

58 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Marcela is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In French, Forme féminine de Marc, du latin Marcus, « consacré à Mars ».

  as a name·Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

• In German, weibl. Vom., polnische Form von

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• Nacida en marzo

  as a name·25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado

• Guerrera

  as a name·25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado

• In Latvian, Sievietes vārds

  as a word·Tēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

EC INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) — 115 years between 1903–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Lina Medinab. 1933PEnot in their usual namePeruvian woman, youngest confirmed mother in medical history
• Marcela Gallegob. 1971COColombian actress
• Marcela Saidb. 1972CLChilean film director
• Marcela Toporb. 1976RORomanian journalist
• Marcela Marb. 1979COColombian actress
• Marcela Boviob. 1979MXMexican metal artist
• Marcela Temerb. 1983BR36th First Lady of Brazil (2016–2018)
• Marcela Kloosterboerb. 1983ARArgentine actress
• Marcela Guiradob. 1989MXMexican actor, television actor and film actor
• Princess Alexia of the Netherlandsb. 2005NLnot in their usual namethe second daughter of Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands and Queen Máxima

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 839 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Marcela?

We estimate roughly 302 thousand people bear Marcela (counting its spellings and scripts) across 11 countries in our records.

In which country does Marcela have the most bearers?

Marcela is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled marcela.

Where is Marcela most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Marcela is densest in the Czechia — about 1 in 100 people — even though Argentina holds more of our records for it.

How common is Marcela compared with other names?

In Argentina, Marcela is the 98th most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.

Is Marcela a male or female name?

Marcela is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Marcela mean?

Recorded meaning: Marcela (m.fl. former) är femininformer av → Marcel och → Marcelo, särskilt använda i länder där romanska språk talas.