Given name
Marceli
“the little warrior”
Marceli is a variant of Marcel. One French interpretation is “the little warrior.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Marceli is a variant of Marcel. One French interpretation is “the little warrior.”
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Where it comes from
Marceli is a variant of Marcel. An origin associated with Marcel is Latin.
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The story
Marceli 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.
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Marceli’s family of names
In Polish usage, Marceli has a diminutive in Marcelek. In Polish usage, Marceli has a conventional equivalent in the Portuguese form Marcelo. Marceli has a related form in Marcel.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Marceli has relatives in 13 languages.
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Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 13
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Marceli
- Marceli NenckiPolish chemist (1847–1901)
- Marceli HandelsmanPolish historian (1882-1945)
- Marceli HarasimowiczPolish painter (1859-1935)
- Marceli BogusławskiPolish cyclistborn 1997
- Marceli NowotkoPolish activist (1893-1942)
- Marceli GodlewskiRoman Catholic priest from Poland1865–1945
- Marceli KosmanPolish historian1940–2023
- Marceli StruszyńskiPolish chemist (1880-1959)
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