Given name
Marcelyn
“dedicated to Mars, the god of war”
Marcelyn is a variant of Marcella. In Latin use, Marcella carries the interpretation “dedicated to Mars, the god of war.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Marcelyn is a variant of Marcella. In Latin use, Marcella carries the interpretation “dedicated to Mars, the god of war.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Marcelyn through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 709
- 0 boys · 709 girls
- Most popular year
- 1928
- 33 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 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 33 in 1928. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 497 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Marcelyn’s family of names
Marcelyn has a related form in Marcella.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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