Given name & surname
Marcellino
“the little warrior”
Marcellino is a variant of Marcel. One French interpretation is “the little warrior.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Marcellino is a variant of Marcel. One French interpretation is “the little warrior.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Marcellino 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 1917. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Marcellino 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
Marcellino through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 299
- 299 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2015
- 11 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −37%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 9 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 11 in 2015. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 315 as a first name in 2020; 861 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.
Marcellino’s family of names
Marcellino shares a linguistic root with Marcellin. Marcellino has a related form in Marcel. In Italian usage, Marcellino has a conventional equivalent in the German form Markus.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Marcellino has relatives in 3 languages.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Marcellino
- Marcellino LucchiItalian motorcycle racerborn 1957
- Marcellino Daiji TaniCatholic Bishopborn 1953
- Marcellino CorioItalian cardinal1664–1742
- Marcellino PipiteVanuatuan politicianborn 2000
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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