Given name & surname
Marcelus
“the little warrior”
Marcelus is a variant of Marcel. One French interpretation is “the little warrior.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Marcelus is a variant of Marcel. One French interpretation is “the little warrior.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Marcelus 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 1970. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Marcelus 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
Marcelus through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 307
- 307 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1996
- 18 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −4%
- Steady
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 18 in 1996. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 272 as a first name in 2020; 339 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.
Marcelus’s family of names
Marcelus has a related form in Marcel.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Marcelus
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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