Given name & surname
Marsel
Marsel is a masculine given name. It is used in Albanian.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Marsel is a romanization of Марсель. Марсель comes from French, and ultimately from Latin.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1971. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Marsel through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 179
- 179 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2023
- 25 babies
- 2025
- 17
- #5,526 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +105%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 17 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 5,526 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 341 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.
Marsel’s family of names
Marsel is a Roman-alphabet rendering of Марсель. In Greek usage, Marsel is a transliteration of Μαρσέλ.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Marsel
- Marsel İlhanTurkish tennis player (born 1987)
- Marsel EfroimskiIsraeli chess playerborn 1995
- Marsel ÇakaAlbanian footballerborn 1995
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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