Marcella Forename
6,769th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 155,056 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Saint Lucia
Marcella Forename Definition:
A female name. f. of Marcellus (q.v.), the name of a Roman widow, a disciple of St Jerome. Marcelle is not uncommon in France, and Marcella has occasionally been used in England. Lyford 1655 gives it as a diminutive of Marcia.
Marcella Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 54,303 | 1:6,676 | 848 |
| Italy | 100% | 48,866 | 1:1,250 | 212 |
| Brazil | 100% | 22,610 | 1:9,475 | 1,093 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 4,624 | 1:3,655 | 607 |
| Belgium | 100% | 4,498 | 1:2,554 | 524 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 2,338 | 1:110,335 | 12,168 |
| Canada | 100% | 1,994 | 1:16,617 | 1,606 |
| Kenya | 100% | 1,716 | 1:26,985 | 2,356 |
| England | 100% | 1,687 | 1:32,960 | 1,796 |
| Ireland | 100% | 1,546 | 1:3,004 | 378 |
| Germany | 100% | 1,262 | 1:76,607 | 1,804 |
| Malaysia | 99% | 1,122 | 1:27,139 | 2,573 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 680 | 1:2,711 | 393 |
| Namibia | - | 460 | 1:5,226 | 757 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 402 | 1:20,432 | 1,427 |
| Ghana | - | 337 | 1:80,078 | 3,677 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 331 | 1:55,527 | 3,652 |
| France | 100% | 322 | 1:206,430 | 3,295 |
| Mexico | 100% | 301 | 1:412,440 | 5,094 |
| Papua New Guinea | 98% | 285 | 1:28,605 | 2,844 |
| New Zealand | - | 267 | 1:16,989 | 1,430 |
| Hungary | 100% | 230 | 1:42,573 | 518 |
| Saint Lucia | 99% | 221 | 1:805 | 115 |
| Spain | 100% | 216 | 1:215,417 | 4,231 |
| Tanzania | 97% | 193 | 1:273,515 | 9,957 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 186 | 1:954,647 | 24,264 |
| Jamaica | - | 185 | 1:15,585 | 1,464 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 178 | 1:414,762 | 15,288 |
| Philippines | 99% | 175 | 1:605,768 | 19,149 |
| South Africa | 99% | 168 | 1:324,599 | 17,894 |
| Scotland | 100% | 167 | 1:32,038 | 1,245 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 163 | 1:185,288 | 6,948 |
| Australia | - | 161 | 1:84,830 | 3,283 |
| Thailand | 100% | 161 | 1:435,191 | 21,684 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 154 | 1:67,736 | 4,074 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 139 | 1:155,471 | 7,109 |
| Chile | 100% | 126 | 1:139,740 | 3,056 |
| Austria | 100% | 122 | 1:69,789 | 1,766 |
| Portugal | - | 120 | 1:86,757 | 2,474 |
| Israel | 100% | 113 | 1:74,362 | 3,755 |
| Czechia | 100% | 108 | 1:98,668 | 1,154 |
| Uganda | 100% | 103 | 1:397,640 | 10,192 |
| Guatemala | - | 97 | 1:166,066 | 2,792 |
| India | 99% | 95 | 1:12,788,189 | 352,907 |
| Guyana | 100% | 88 | 1:8,673 | 1,365 |
| Belize | 100% | 87 | 1:4,073 | 864 |
| Dominica | - | 80 | 1:943 | 180 |
| Barbados | - | 78 | 1:3,715 | 650 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 66 | 1:72,242 | 2,718 |
| Sweden | 100% | 53 | 1:185,998 | 6,619 |
| El Salvador | - | 49 | 1:129,424 | 2,393 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 47 | 1:28,966 | 3,089 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 46 | 1:2,426 | 462 |
| Wales | 100% | 41 | 1:75,471 | 2,139 |
| Argentina | 100% | 38 | 1:1,125,612 | 5,540 |
| Ecuador | - | 36 | 1:492,414 | 5,316 |
| Qatar | 100% | 36 | 1:65,822 | 8,074 |
| Colombia | 100% | 35 | 1:1,365,112 | 13,587 |
| Croatia | 100% | 34 | 1:124,032 | 2,751 |
| Grenada | 100% | 34 | 1:3,180 | 594 |
| Malta | - | 34 | 1:12,628 | 1,146 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 33 | 1:1,662 | 398 |
| Panama | 100% | 31 | 1:126,018 | 5,723 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 29 | 1:3,427 | 684 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 28 | 1:214,941 | 5,315 |
| French Polynesia | - | 27 | 1:10,293 | 1,329 |
| Peru | 100% | 24 | 1:1,324,644 | 15,889 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 24 | 1:4,573 | 777 |
| Honduras | 100% | 21 | 1:419,879 | 6,925 |
| Denmark | - | 20 | 1:282,475 | 5,507 |
| Hong Kong | - | 20 | 1:387,636 | 3,995 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 19 | 1:4,877 | 888 |
| Moldova | - | 18 | 1:197,841 | 1,823 |
| Angola | 100% | 16 | 1:1,685,413 | 2,877 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 16 | 1:3,202 | 474 |
| Singapore | 100% | 16 | 1:392,941 | 10,341 |
| Senegal | 100% | 15 | 1:972,090 | 9,181 |
| Greece | 100% | 13 | 1:841,119 | 8,698 |
| Norway | 100% | 13 | 1:394,795 | 7,741 |
| San Marino | 100% | 11 | 1:2,993 | 361 |
| China | - | 10 | 1:136,605,578 | 66,281 |
| Guam | - | 10 | 1:16,065 | 1,791 |
| Jersey | - | 10 | 1:9,998 | 868 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 10 | 1:562,757 | 6,675 |
| Egypt | 100% | 9 | 1:10,211,216 | 21,716 |
| Gabon | - | 9 | 1:209,260 | 2,118 |
| Madagascar | - | 9 | 1:2,625,490 | 3,077 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 9 | 1:787,629 | 675 |
| Albania | 100% | 8 | 1:380,821 | 15,237 |
| Finland | 100% | 8 | 1:685,398 | 7,121 |
| Luxembourg | - | 8 | 1:70,506 | 2,305 |
| Romania | 100% | 7 | 1:2,864,568 | 25,615 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 7 | 1:758,580 | 3,008 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 7 | 1:82,994 | 4,768 |
| Uruguay | - | 7 | 1:489,662 | 6,003 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 6 | 1:10,216 | 1,399 |
| Liberia | 100% | 6 | 1:735,344 | 18,173 |
| Cyprus | - | 5 | 1:174,215 | 3,223 |
| Haiti | - | 5 | 1:2,145,391 | 20,367 |
| Monaco | 100% | 5 | 1:7,693 | 1,062 |
| Russia | - | 5 | 1:28,846,741 | 73,146 |
| Taiwan | - | 5 | 1:4,753,936 | 76,486 |
| Congo | 67% | 4 | 1:1,252,301 | 19,043 |
| Japan | - | 4 | 1:31,996,514 | 55,536 |
| Kuwait | - | 4 | 1:946,316 | 12,511 |
| Malawi | 100% | 4 | 1:4,278,078 | 13,569 |
| Mali | - | 4 | 1:4,244,439 | 5,329 |
| Micronesia | - | 4 | 1:26,625 | 714 |
| New Caledonia | - | 4 | 1:67,541 | 2,087 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 4 | 1:7,703,141 | 17,485 |
| Suriname | 100% | 4 | 1:138,203 | 2,927 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 3 | 1:2,412,268 | 9,978 |
| Turkey | 100% | 3 | 1:25,933,903 | 52,822 |
| Andorra | - | 2 | 1:41,444 | 944 |
| Benin | - | 2 | 1:5,287,922 | 61,990 |
| Bolivia | - | 2 | 1:5,300,702 | 6,605 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 2 | 1:11,537,966 | 95,271 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 2 | 1:17,354 | 1,059 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 2 | 1:3,575,996 | 76,635 |
| Afghanistan | - | 1 | 1:32,623,516 | 66,536 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Anguilla | - | 1 | 1:13,255 | 1,687 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Aruba | - | 1 | 1:103,780 | 2,838 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Bahrain | - | 1 | 1:1,348,673 | 7,854 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| Estonia | 100% | 1 | 1:1,315,380 | 8,883 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Jordan | - | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Latvia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 1 | 1:37,856 | 1,091 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 1 | 1:54,668 | 1,803 |
| Poland | 100% | 1 | 1:38,027,112 | 9,241 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,458,758 | 6,723 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Sudan | - | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
The alternate forms: Marçella (2) & Marcélla (1) are calculated separately.
Marcella (5,450) may also be a surname.
Marcella Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. f. of Marcellus (q.v.), the name of a Roman widow, a disciple of St Jerome. Marcelle is not uncommon in France, and Marcella has occasionally been used in England. Lyford 1655 gives it as a diminutive of Marcia.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
The f., mostly Irish and rather aristocratic, of Marcellus.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Latin (feminine) - Martial.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
A Teutonic name, meaning: Shrewd combatant. (Latin) Little hammer.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Marcella Forename Popularity
Marcella Demographics
Marcella Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Sample size: 1,437 (1901)
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
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