Marcella

A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning of Mars; warlike or martial.

Babies a year
228
the US, 2017
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
#948
new to the top 1000
UK popularity
#1362
23 babies

Marcella by the numbers

In 2025, 23 babies in England and Wales were named Marcella. In the US, 228 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.

Its American peak was 1,537 babies in 1922, so it is a 1920s name that has since fallen a long way.

At its height, in 1920, about 1 in 890 American girls born that year was called Marcella.

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Marcella as a share of American girls born, 1880 to 2008, at five year intervals. Source: US Social Security Administration.

Names that come from Marcella

Forms of Marcella in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.

  • Maricelaof the sea; a form of Marcella60 in the US (2017)
  • Marcellineof mars; warlike; a form of Marcella5 in the US (2017)

Spelled almost the same

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

  • Mariellaof the sea; a form of Maria30 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Marceladedicated to Mars; feminine form of Marcellus108 in the US (2017)
  • Marcellededicated to Mars; feminine form of Marcel22 in the US (2017)
  • Maryellaof the sea; a blend of Mary and Ella22 in the US (2017)
  • Maricellaof the sea; related to mary or maria15 in the US (2017)
  • Marellaof the sea; a form of Marella or Maria10 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean a warrior

Like Marcella, each of these has a warrior in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Rydermounted warrior, cavalry soldier3,324 in the US (2017)
  • Finleyfair-haired warrior1,733 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Matildamighty in battle1,449 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Sloanewarrior, raider; from Sloan1,405 in the US (2017)
  • Maeveshe who intoxicates; a warrior queen1,330 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Harlowrocky hill or army hill832 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Marcella

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