Marcello

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◐

Marcello is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name74K records spelled Marcello16 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Netherlands, Brazil, Italy

  Languages: English, Western Frisian, Dutch

  Also written Marcellus, Markellos, Marçélló, Märcëllüs

• Italian given name47K records spelled Marcello7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Italy, United States, United Kingdom, Canada

  Also written Marcellus, Marçello, Mařčëllö, Màrcèllò, Märcëllö

• a separate given name3.9K records spelled Marcello2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Italy, United Kingdom, Canada

  Also written Marčello

• Polish given name1.4K records spelled Marcello5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, Italy, Czechia, United States

  Languages: Polish, Czech, Slovak

  Also written Marčello

59 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●

Marcello 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.

• From the Latin name Marcellus. See }Marcel in main dictionary. Feminine form: Marcella.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• In Portuguese, a male given name of less common usage, variant of Marcelo, equivalent to English Marcel or Marcellus

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Italian, a male given name, equivalent to English Marcellus

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Italian, dal lat. Marcellus, diminutivo di Marcus

  as a name·Dizionario Dei Nomi e Cognomi Italiani

• In Italian, forma ital. de Marcellus

  as a name·Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

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●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 109 years between 1912–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Marcello Tegallianob. 700ITvenetian doge (partly legendary)
• Marcello Malpighib. 1628ITItalian physician (1628-1694)
• Marcello Bacciarellib. 1731ITPolish-Italian painter (1731–1818)
• Marcello Piacentinib. 1881ITItalian architect (1881-1960)
• Marcello Mastroiannib. 1924ITItalian actor (1924–1996)
• Marcello Gattib. 1924ITItalian cinematographer (1924–2013)
• Marcello Fondatob. 1924ITItalian film director and screenwriter (1924–2008)
• Marcello Abbadob. 1926ITItalian composer, conductor and pianist (1926-2020)
• Marcello Gandinib. 1938ITItalian automotive designer (1938–2024)
• Marcello Lippib. 1948ITItalian association football player and manager

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 · 562 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Marcello?

We estimate roughly 15 thousand people bear Marcello (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Marcello have the most bearers?

We estimate about 7.8 thousand people bear Marcello in Brazil, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled marcello.

How common is Marcello compared with other names?

In Uruguay, Marcello is the 747th most common given name of 13,897 given names recorded there.

Is Marcello a male or female name?

Marcello is a male 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 Marcello mean?

Recorded meaning: From Marcus; relates to Mars, the god of war.