Given name
Maricela
“dedicated to Mars, the god of war”
Maricela is a form of Marcella. In Latin use, Marcella carries the interpretation “dedicated to Mars, the god of war.”
Original SpanishMarisela
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Spanish use, Maricela carries the interpretation “dedicated to Mars, the god of war.” Maricela is a form of Marcella. In Latin use, Marcella carries the interpretation “dedicated to Mars, the god of war.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Spanish.
How it developed
Maricela is used as a form of Marcella.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1944. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Maricela through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 13,133
- 56 boys · 13,077 girls
- Most popular year
- 1977
- 437 babies
- 2025
- 64
- #2,712 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −8%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 64 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 2,712 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 8.1% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 437 in 1977. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (20). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 31,152 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.
Maricela’s family of names
Maricela is a form of Marcella. In Spanish usage, Maricela has a related form in Marisela. Maricela has a related form in Maricel.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Mariselavariant · Spanish
- Maricellavariant
- Marisellavariant
- Maricelvariant
- Marricelalikely variant
- Marecellavariant
- Marecelavariant
- Maryzelavariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Maricela
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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