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Marcel
Pronounced /mɑɹˈsɛl/
Rank in 2024
#753
Born in 2024
339
Peak year
2022 · #659
Origin
French
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 339 boys were named Marcel, about 1 in every 5,060.
- It peaked in 2022 with 417 babies, ranked #659.
- It first shows up in the records in 1881.
- 19,767 boys have been named Marcel since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Marcel per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- 0.1Millennials1981–96
- 0.1Gen Z1997–12
- 0.2Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 1,727 babies, 0.10 per 1,000. Silent: 1,537 babies, 0.07 per 1,000. Boomers: 2,037 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Gen X: 2,702 babies, 0.10 per 1,000. Millennials: 3,974 babies, 0.13 per 1,000. Gen Z: 3,784 babies, 0.12 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 3,972 babies, 0.18 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Borrowed from French Marcel, from Latin Marcellus, diminutive of Marcus. Doublet of Marcellus.
- A male given name from French.
- Origin
- French
- Say it
- /mɑɹˈsɛl/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Marcel, CC BY-SA 4.0.