Marcellus

Name: Marcellus: recorded bearers, distribution and rank
Creator: Mondonomo
Published: 2026-09-12

given name · English · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Marcellus is a given name, with more bearers in Brazil than in any other country. It appears chiefly in English and Portuguese, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: pope; pers. name.

rarermore common

NLNetherlands1 in 5.7K◐
ITItaly1 in 8K
BRBrazil1 in 27K

carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.

: ≈18K ●
Sources: 277 ●
: 1 in 5.7K ◐

Spellings & scripts●

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Marcello in BR Brazil, IT Italy, AU Australia and 5 more.

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●

pope; pers. name

Sources 1

Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

Attested across 11 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world●

Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.

Where Marcellus is recorded, by country
Country						Most common spelling	Sources
BR Brazil	—	7,752△	148 rec.	1 in 27K	7.8K	Marcello	8
IT Italy	#815	6,332	6K rec.	—	111	Marcello	108
US United States	—	5,820	97K rec.	1 in 57K	5.8K	Marcellus	277
NL Netherlands	#945	3,053△	460 rec.	1 in 5.7K	3.1K	Marcellus	35
AU Australia	—	2,708	3.4K rec.	—	3	Marcello	94
GB United Kingdom	—	2,512	4.2K rec.	—	3	Marcello	64
CA Canada	—	1,474	1.8K rec.	—	2	Marcello	62
DE Germany	—	560	468 rec.	—	listed	Marcellus	54
FR France	—	465△	3 rec.	1 in 146K	465	—	3
ES Spain	—	378	203 rec.	1 in 132K	378	Marcello	33
ZA South Africa	—	289	443 rec.	—	—	Marcello	25
MY Malaysia	—	276	298 rec.	—	—	Marcellus	20
SE Sweden	—	271△	17 rec.	1 in 38K	271	—	11
NG Nigeria	—	214	353 rec.	—	—	Marcellus	29
ID Indonesia	—	193	93 rec.	—	—	Marcellus	42
PH Philippines	—	189	277 rec.	—	—	Marcellus	14
CH Switzerland	—	181	126 rec.	—	34	Marcello	27
PL Poland	—	164△	32 rec.	1 in 233K	164	Marcellus	8
DK Denmark	—	83	—	1 in 71K	83	—	—
AT Austria	—	48	17 rec.	—	180	Marcellus	19
UA Ukraine	—	46	70 rec.	—	—	Marcellus	8
HR Croatia	—	40	0 rec.	1 in 106K	40	—	1
GY Guyana	—	31	251 rec.	1 in 24K	144	Marcellus	5
BE Belgium	—	29	103 rec.	—	42	Marcellus	17
CR Costa Rica	—	28	0 rec.	1 in 182K	28	—	1
FI Finland	—	27△	9 rec.	1 in 206K	94	—	2
MD Moldova	—	21	11 rec.	1 in 160K	21	—	3
CZ Czechia	—	20	—	1 in 535K	20	—	—
AR Argentina	—	—	2 rec.	—	609	—	2
NO Norway	—	—	15 rec.	—	108	—	4
GP Guadeloupe	—	—	—	—	5	—	—
RE Réunion	—	—	—	—	5	—	—
DM Dominica	—	—	—	—	18	—	—
VC St. Vincent & Grenadines	—	—	—	—	7	—	—
KN St. Kitts & Nevis	—	—	—	—	3	—	—
AG Antigua & Barbuda	—	—	—	—	2	—	—
GD Grenada	—	—	—	—	2	—	—
NA Namibia	—	—	—	—	2	—	—
VA Vatican City	—	—	—	—	2	—	—
IN India	—	—	—	—	4	—	—
PG Papua New Guinea	—	—	—	—	3	—	—

Roughly 7.8K people in Brazil bear this name (about 1 in 27K). Estimates project the name's share of our records onto national population, so each is only as good as the record base beside it — the Basis column gives that base; rows marked △ rest on fewer records than the estimate itself and are order-of-magnitude at best.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.

Languages●

English51K66%
Portuguese6.2K8%
Western Frisian5K6%
Dutch3.6K5%
Spanish2.9K4%

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Languages in which the name is recorded
Name	Records	Note
English	51,073	66%
Portuguese	6,208	8%
Western Frisian	4,977	6%
Dutch	3,560	5%
Spanish	2,859	4%

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◐

Marcellus is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

Portuguese given name11K records spelled Marcellus98 spellings in the group
Most recorded in Brazil, Argentina, Chile, United States
Languages: Portuguese, Spanish, Chinese
Also written Marcelo, M'Arcelo, Marselo, Marceló, 'Marcelo
Italian given name313 records spelled Marcellus7 spellings in the group
Most recorded in Italy, United States, United Kingdom, Canada
Also written Marcello, Marçello, Mařčëllö, Màrcèllò, Märcëllö

66 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●

Marcellus is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

In German, Latin name, diminutive of Marcus
as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
In German, ) Marzellus; Marcell; Mar- zell: männl. Vom. lateinischen Ursprungs,
as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
Latinized form of Marcello or Marcel.
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
In Latin, A name of a plebeian Roman gens.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

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●

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Marcellus in SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present), United States, 1880–2025
Year	records
1880	11
1881	8
1882	6
1883	5
1884	11
1885	11
1886	9
1887	9
1888	9
1889	12
1890	7
1891	7
1892	7
1893	9
1894	10
1896	8
1897	9
1899	9
1900	11
1901	9
1902	16
1903	14
1904	14
1906	14
1907	7
1908	12
1909	11
1910	17
1911	15
1912	24
1913	29
1914	42
1915	55
1916	69
1917	53
1918	56
1919	50
1920	66
1921	53
1922	60
1923	59
1924	57
1925	45
1926	45
1927	50
1928	43
1929	45
1930	49
1931	50
1932	34
1933	24
1934	39
1935	32
1936	33
1937	37
1938	34
1939	27
1940	25
1941	27
1942	37
1943	26
1944	25
1945	26
1946	40
1947	39
1948	35
1949	46
1950	21
1951	37
1952	49
1953	41
1954	65
1955	52
1956	43
1957	40
1958	35
1959	31
1960	50
1961	45
1962	50
1963	39
1964	68
1965	60
1966	59
1967	71
1968	84
1969	86
1970	98
1971	121
1972	96
1973	78
1974	73
1975	93
1976	59
1977	67
1978	65
1979	68
1980	47
1981	64
1982	37
1983	54
1984	84
1985	65
1986	70
1987	93
1988	77
1989	83
1990	107
1991	104
1992	104
1993	117
1994	110
1995	97
1996	101
1997	110
1998	91
1999	91
2000	114
2001	117
2002	98
2003	114
2004	93
2005	106
2006	96
2007	92
2008	106
2009	99
2010	91
2011	87
2012	85
2013	80
2014	126
2015	147
2016	154
2017	181
2018	218
2019	234
2020	329
2021	351
2022	332
2023	271
2024	241
2025	208

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 143 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

Marcellus Ib. 255ITpope
Marcellus IIb. 1501ITpope of the Catholic Church and bishop of Rome from 9 April to 1 May 1555
Cassius Marcellus Clayb. 1810USAmerican planter, politician and ambassador to Russia (1810-1903)
Marcellus Stearnsb. 1839USAmerican politician (1839-1891)
Cassius Marcellus Coolidgeb. 1844USAmerican artist (1844-1934)
Marcellus Emantsb. 1848NLnovelist (1848–1923)
Marcellus Bossb. 1901USGovernor of Guam (1901-1967)
Cassius Marcellus Clay Sr.b. 1912USAmerican artist (1912-1990)
Muhammad Alib. 1942USnot in their usual nameAmerican boxer (1942–2016)
Mark Johnsonb. 1971USnot in their usual nameAmerican boxer, born 1971

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●

Attested in 45 sources across 27 countries.

Official registers attesting Marcellus
Country	Register	Year	Count	Rank
US United States	Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex	2020	4.7K	#4,072
NL Netherlands	Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018)	—	3.1K	#518
US United States	Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020	2020	2.2K	#13,063
US United States	Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010	2010	2.1K	#14,227
NL Netherlands	Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017)	—	1.9K	#1,391
US United States	Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000	2000	1.7K	#15,428
BR Brazil	IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)	2022	393	—
BR Brazil	IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)	—	391	#15,786
BR Brazil	Brasil.IO genero-nomes (IBGE Censo 2010 mirror, CC-BY-SA)	—	296	#8,879
BR Brazil	IBGE — Nomes (census name API)	—	287	#20,303
US United States	SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)	2025	208	—
NL Netherlands	Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018)	—	63	#7,325
FI Finland	DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)	—	35	#13,603
FI Finland	DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)	—	35	#12,618
SE Sweden	Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)	—	34	#17,725
BR Brazil	IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)	2000	32	—
US United States	Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex	2020	31	#4,072
GY Guyana	Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025	2025	31	#563
FR France	INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)	1991	31	—
DM Dominica	Dominica — Revised List of Electors May 2025	2025	18	#142
CA Canada	Statistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01)	2022	13	—
PL Poland	dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20)	2026	9	#11,502
CA Canada	Statistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01)	2023	8	—
PL Poland	dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)	—	8	#11,057
DK Denmark	Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts)	—	8	#7,594
VC St. Vincent & Grenadines	Electoral Office of St Vincent & the Grenadines — Final Voters List (Nov 2025)	2025	7	#140
CA Canada	Statistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01)	2015	7	—
GP Guadeloupe	INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 971 (Guadeloupe)	1968	5	#221
RE Réunion	INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 974 (Réunion)	1948	5	#194
AT Austria	Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024)	2004	5	#722
US United States	SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)	1970	5	—
CA Canada	Statistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01)	2019	5	—
GP Guadeloupe	INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 971 (Guadeloupe)	1964	5	#238
GP Guadeloupe	INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 971 (Guadeloupe)	1958	5	#245
GP Guadeloupe	INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 971 (Guadeloupe)	1956	5	#243
GP Guadeloupe	INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 971 (Guadeloupe)	1953	5	#223
GP Guadeloupe	INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 971 (Guadeloupe)	1951	5	#233
GP Guadeloupe	INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 971 (Guadeloupe)	1939	5	#208
RE Réunion	INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 974 (Réunion)	1934	5	#167
RE Réunion	INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 974 (Réunion)	1933	5	#155
IN India	Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls	—	4	#27,184
KN St. Kitts & Nevis	St Kitts & Nevis — Register of Electors 2026	2026	3	#108
PG Papua New Guinea	PNG Election Results Database — candidate names (1972–2022)	—	3	#95
CA Canada	Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender	2022	3	#1,014
AG Antigua & Barbuda	Antigua & Barbuda ABEC Voter Registration Roll (2026)	2026	2	—
GD Grenada	Grenada — Consolidated List of Electors December 2025	2025	2	#148
NA Namibia	ECN Government Gazette 8791 — 2025 local authority candidates	2025	2	#27
AT Austria	Statistik Austria — Vornamen der Geborenen (1984–present)	2004	2	#928
AR Argentina	RENAPER — births 1922–2015 (Kaggle mirror)	1965	2	—
VA Vatican City	Holy See — List of Roman Pontiffs (papal regnal + secular names)	—	2	#32
CA Canada	Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender	2023	1	#2,230
MD Moldova	e-services.md — living population register	—	1	#10,001
AG Antigua & Barbuda	Antigua & Barbuda ABEC Voter Registration Roll (2026)	2026	1	—
AU Australia	SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present)	1961	1	—
GB United Kingdom	NISRA — Baby names Northern Ireland full list (1997–present)	2018	—	—
DE Germany	Stadt München Open Data — Vornamen von Nulljährigen	2021	—	—
NL Netherlands	Babynamen — Lijst met meer dan 22.000 namen (Amelia King, 2020)	—	—	—
DE Germany	DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen (2007)	—	—	—
FR France	Dictionary of French Prénoms (Benoist, 2009)	—	—	—
US United States	wru Name Dictionary — US surnames (Census 2010 + voter-file supplement)	—	—	—

Reference works 3

Dictionary of American Family Names
Wikipedia given-name tokens
Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Marcellus?: We estimate roughly 18 thousand people bear Marcellus (counting its spellings and scripts) across 14 countries in our records.
In which country does Marcellus have the most bearers?: We estimate about 7.8 thousand people bear Marcellus in Brazil, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled marcello.
Where is Marcellus most common?: Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Marcellus is densest in the Netherlands — about 1 in 5.7 thousand people — even though Brazil holds more of our records for it.
How common is Marcellus compared with other names?: In Italy, Marcellus is the 815th most common given name of 102,519 given names recorded there.
Is Marcellus a male or female name?: Marcellus 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 Marcellus mean?: Recorded meaning: pope; pers. name

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About this data

● measured from records◐ inferred from the name graph○ machine-generated

Data snapshot 2026-09-12. Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Marcellus” — the 815th most common given name in Italy. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.

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