Name meaning & stats
Marcela
Marcela (Latin origin). 8,597 US babies since 1940, peak 1999.
What it means
No agreed meaning on record
LatinSpelling of Marcella
In US birth records
Peak year: 1999
8,597 US babies were named Marcela between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Marcela (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
1 in 8 Marcellas spell it Marcela
- Marcella 49%
- Maricela 19%
- Marisela 15%
- Marcela 13%
- Maricella 3%
- Marisella 1%
- Marsela <1%
- Marzella <1%
- Marsella <1%
- Marcelia <1%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1999)