Marcelo

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Marcellus in CO Colombia.

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◐

Marcelo is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name821K records spelled Marcelo11 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Ecuador, Venezuela

  Languages: English, Dutch, Western Frisian

  Also written Marçelo, Märcęlö, Marçèlo, Mãrčęlõ, Märçëlo

• a separate given name33K records spelled Marcelo3 spellings in the group

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

  Also written Marcélo, Marčelo

• German given name13K records spelled Marcelo5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Germany, United States, Austria, Spain

  Also written Marceló, Marcélo

• Lao given name7.7K records spelled Marcelo15 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Laos, Chile, Thailand, United States

  Languages: Lao, Thai

  Also written Márcéló, Màrcèlò, Màrcelo, Màrcelò, Márcélò

• Polish given name7.5K records spelled Marcelo15 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, United States, Spain, Peru

  Languages: Polish, Russian, Ukrainian

  Also written Марсело, Marselo, Марселу, Marçelo, Marčelo

78 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●

Marcelo 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 Portuguese, a male given name, equivalent to English Marcel or Marcellus

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

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

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

• In Swedish, Marcelo är en portugisisk och spansk form av Marcellus (→ Marcel) och Marcello är en italiensk.

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

• Guerrero

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

• In English, A barangay of Calatrava, Negros Occidental, Philippines.

  as a word·kaikki.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●

EC INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) — 123 years between 1900–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Fernando Belaúndeb. 1912PEnot in their usual namePresident of Peru from 1963 to 1968 and from 1980 to 1985 (1912-2002)
• Marcelo Rebelo de Sousab. 1948PTPortuguese politician and academic, former President of Portugal
• Marcelo Bielsab. 1955ARArgentinian association football player and manager
• Marcelo Zarvosb. 1969BRBrazilian pianist and composer (1969–)
• Marcelo Ribeirob. 1970BRBrazilian actor
• Marcelo Gallardob. 1976ARArgentine footballer and manager
• Ezequiel Garayb. 1986ARnot in their usual nameArgentine association football player
• Marcelo Vieirab. 1988BRBrazilian association football player
• Nicolás Lodeirob. 1989UYnot in their usual nameUruguayan association football player
• Marcelo Brozovićb. 1992HRCroatian association football player

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 · 965 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Marcelo?

We estimate roughly 699 thousand people bear Marcelo (counting its spellings and scripts) across 11 countries in our records.

In which country does Marcelo have the most bearers?

Marcelo is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled marcelo.

How common is Marcelo compared with other names?

In Argentina, Marcelo is the 39th most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.

Is Marcelo a male or female name?

Marcelo 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 Marcelo mean?

Recorded meaning: a dim. of Marcus', see Mark i).