Name meaning & stats
Marcellus
Marcellus (Latin origin). 8,051 US babies since 1940, peak 2021.
What it means
No agreed meaning on record
Latin
In US birth records
Peak year: 2021
8,051 US babies were named Marcellus between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Marcellus (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 80% of the family
- Marcellus 80%
- Marcellous 10%
- Marcellis 3%
- Marcelus 3%
- Marsalis 3%
- Marcelis 1%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2021)