Marcia

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 in 1 language 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◐

Marcia is also recorded as 8 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate given name81K records spelled Marcia9 spellings in the group

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

  Also written Márcia, Màrcia, Marciá, Marcià, Mårcia

• French given name22K records spelled Marcia20 spellings in the group

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

  Languages: French, Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Marcie, Márcia, Marcié, Marçia, Màrcia

• Hungarian given name4.3K records spelled Marcia4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Hungary, United States, Finland, United Kingdom

  Languages: Hungarian, Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Márcia

• Italian given name3.2K records spelled Marcia20 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Italy, United States, Spain, Brazil

  Languages: Italian, Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Marzia, Marcìa, Marcià, Márcia, Marzìa

• Vietnamese given name3.1K records spelled Marcia3 spellings in the group

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

  Languages: Vietnamese, Khmer

  Also written Márcia

• Greek given name3.0K records spelled Marcia4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Greece, United States, United Kingdom

  Also written Markia, Márcia, Μαρκια

• Japanese given name2.8K records spelled Marcia2 spellings in the group

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

  Also written Márcia

• Korean given name2.3K records spelled Marcia6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, South Korea, United Kingdom, North Korea

  Also written Marsya, Márcia, Marsia, Marçia, 마르시아

60 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●

Marcia 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 Catalan, first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of marcir

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

• In Latin, A feminine praenomen.

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

• In Italian, march

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

• In Latvian, Maršs

  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●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 146 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●

• Marcia Harrisb. 1880USAmerican actress (1880–1947)
• Marcia Wallace Peamsb. 1942USAmerican actress and comedian (1942-2013)
• Marcia Lucasb. 1945USAmerican film editor (1945–2026)
• Marcia Strassmanb. 1948USAmerican actress and singer (1948-2014)
• Marcia Griffithsb. 1949JMJamaican reggae singer
• Marcheline Bertrandb. 1950USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress and producer (1950-2007)
• Marcia Fudgeb. 1952USAmerican attorney and politician (born 1952)
• Marcia Gay Hardenb. 1959USAmerican actress
• Marcia Crossb. 1962USAmerican actress
• Emily Armstrongb. 1986USnot in their usual nameAmerican rock musician

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 · 959 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Marcia?

We estimate roughly 701 thousand people bear Marcia (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Marcia have the most bearers?

We estimate about 522 thousand people bear Marcia in Brazil, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled marcia.

Where is Marcia most common?

Marcia is densest in Brazil, where the national register counts about 1 in 405 people carrying it.

How common is Marcia compared with other names?

In Brazil, Marcia is the 25th most common given name of 536,280 given names recorded there.

Is Marcia a male or female name?

Marcia 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 Marcia mean?

Recorded meaning: presumably from the female personal name Marcia, Latin feminine form of Marcius, derivative of Marcus (see Mark).