Marceline

A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning of Mars; dedicated to Mars; feminine form of Marcellus.

Babies a year
194
the US, 2017
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
#424
up from #505
UK popularity
#1197
27 babies

How Marceline has moved

US popularity rank, 2020–2025. Lower is more popular.
#344#698#1051202020232025#424

View as table
YearUS rank
2020#971
2021#783
2022#675
2023#592
2024#505
2025#424

Marceline by the numbers

In 2025, 27 babies in England and Wales were named Marceline. In the US, 194 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.

Its American peak was 241 babies in 1928, making it a 1920s name.

Other names that come from Marcellus

Like Marceline, each of these traces back to Marcellus: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.

  • Marcellusdedicated to Mars178 in the US (2017)
  • Marcellodedicated to mars; a form of Marcellus142 in the US (2017)
  • Marceladedicated to Mars; feminine form of Marcellus108 in the US (2017)
  • Marcellousdedicated to Mars; a form of Marcellus17 in the US (2017)
  • Marcelusof mars; warlike; a form of Marcellus5 in the US (2017)

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Marceline. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Marcelinaof mars; warlike; feminine form of marcellus17 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Marcellineof mars; warlike; a form of Marcella5 in the US (2017)
  • Madelinefrom Magdala; a form of Magdalene2,938 in the US (2017)
  • Marcellededicated to Mars; feminine form of Marcel22 in the US (2017)
  • Maddelinewoman from magdala; variant of Madeline5 in the US (2017)
  • Marline6 in the US (2017)

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