Marci

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Marcy in IN India.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 5 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◐

Marci is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Portuguese given name47K records spelled Marci24 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Mexico, Argentina

  Languages: Portuguese, Spanish, Romanian

  Also written Marcius, Márcio, Márci, Marcí, Marcío

• a separate given name14K records spelled Marci3 spellings in the group

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

  Also written Marcí, Marcì

• Polish given name2.0K records spelled Marci31 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Czechia, Poland, United Kingdom

  Languages: Polish, Russian, Czech

  Also written Marcy, Марси, Marči, Marcí, Marsi

• French given name2.0K records spelled Marci8 spellings in the group

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

  Also written Marcius, Mårci, Marcì, Màrcius, Marcí

• Hungarian given name1.1K records spelled Marci3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Hungary, United States

  Also written Marcí, Márci

• Italian given name1.1K records spelled Marci3 spellings in the group

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

  Also written Marcì, Marcí

40 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●

Marci 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 rom, alternative form of martǐ (“Tuesday”)

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

• In Hungarian, a diminutive of the male given names Marcell or Márton

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

• In Serbo-Croatian, dative singular of marka

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

• In Latin, genitive of Mārcus

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

• In frp, thanks

  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●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 86 years between 1938–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Marci McDonaldb. 1901CACanadian writer
• Marci Franciscob. 1950USAmerican politician
• Marci Bowersb. 1958USAmerican gynecologist
• Marci Liroffb. 1958USAmerican casting director
• Marci Ienb. 1969CACanadian politician and journalist
• Marci Shoreb. 1972USAmerican historian
• Marci Jobsonb. 1975USAmerican soccer player-coach
• Marci Gonzalezb. 1982USAmerican TV personality, reporter for CBS News and former of ABC News
• Marci Bernholtzb. 1988CACanadian artistic gymnast
• Marci Millerb. 1989USAmerican actress

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 · 211 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Marci?

We estimate roughly 22 thousand people bear Marci (counting its spellings and scripts) across 7 countries in our records.

In which country does Marci have the most bearers?

We estimate about 20 thousand people bear Marci in the United States, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled marci.

Where is Marci most common?

Marci is densest in the United States, where the national register counts about 1 in 17 thousand people carrying it.

Is Marci a male or female name?

Marci 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 Marci mean?

Recorded meaning: forma mais lat. e arcaica de Marchi