Given name & surname
Marceau
“the little warrior”
Marceau is a variant of Marcel. One French interpretation is “the little warrior.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Marceau is a variant of Marcel. One French interpretation is “the little warrior.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Marceau is a variant of Marcel. An origin associated with Marcel is Latin.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2016. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Marceau is a variant of Marcel. The history of Marcel gives this family its wider story. Marcel’s historical associations include a 3rd-century missionary to Gaul, martyred at Bourges with his companion Anastasius.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Marceau through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 51
- 51 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 11 babies
- 2025
- 10
- #8,017 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,017 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,543 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Marceau’s family of names
Marceau has a related form in Marcel. In English usage, Marceau as a surname has a related form in MARCEAUX.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Marceau
- Marceau FourcadeFrench rowerborn 1905
- Marceau PivertFrench politician (1895-1958)
- Marceau StricanneFrench footballer (1920-2012)
- Marceau SomerlinckFrench footballer (1922-2005)
- Marceau EsquieuOccitan French writer (1931–2015)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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