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Marcellus - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Marcellus

[ 3 syll. mar-cel-lus, ma-rcell-us ] The boy name Marcellus is pronounced as MaaRSEHLahS KEY. Marcellus is mainly used in German and its language of origin is Latin. Marcellus is a form of the Catalan, French, and German name Marcel. See also the related form, the French Marcellin.

Marcellus is unusual as a baby boy name. Its usage peaked modestly in 1902 with 0.012% of baby boys being named Marcellus. It had a ranking of #548 then. The baby name has substantially dropped in popularity since then, and is today used on a very light scale. In 2008, among the family of boy names directly related to Marcellus, the Catalan, French, and German Marcel was the most popular.

Baby names that sound like Marcellus include the Hungarian names Marcilka and Marcilki.

KEY: English pronunciation for Marcellus: M as in "me (M.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)"


 
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