Given name & surname
Marcee
“dedicated to Mars, the god of war”
In English use, Marcee is a shortened form of Marcella. In Latin use, Marcella carries the interpretation “dedicated to Mars, the god of war.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Marcee is a shortened form of Marcella. In Latin use, Marcella carries the interpretation “dedicated to Mars, the god of war.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Marcee is a diminutive of Marcella. Marcella comes from Latin.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In English usage, Marcee is a diminutive of Marcella.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1948. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Marcee through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 703
- 0 boys · 703 girls
- Most popular year
- 1971
- 35 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2019. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 35 in 1971. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 700 as a first name in 2020; 122 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.
Marcee’s family of names
In English usage, Marcee is a diminutive of Marcella. Marcee has a related form in Marcy. In English usage, Marcee is a shortened form of Marcella.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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