Given name
Maricel
“dedicated to Mars, the god of war”
Maricel is a variant of Maricela. In Spanish use, Maricela carries the interpretation “dedicated to Mars, the god of war.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Maricel is a variant of Maricela. In Spanish use, Maricela 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 1960. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Maricel through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 465
- 0 boys · 465 girls
- Most popular year
- 1990
- 23 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 2011. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 23 in 1990. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,238 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.
Maricel’s family of names
In Cebuano usage, Maricel has a diminutive in MARSING. Maricel has a related form in Maricela.
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.
People named Maricel
- Maricel VoineaRomanian handball playerborn 1959
- Maricel ÁlvarezArgentinan actressborn 1973
- Maricel LaxaFilipino actressborn 1970
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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