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Marcela

Feminine form of Marcellus.

PronunciationEuropean Spanish /maɾ.ˈθe.la/; Latin American Spanish /maɾ.ˈse.la/; European Portuguese /mɐɾ.ˈsɛ.lɐ/; Brazilian Portuguese /mɐh.ˈsɛ.lɐ/; Polish /mar.ˈt͡sɛ.la/; Romanian /mar.ˈt͡ʃe.la/; Czech /ˈmar.t͡sɛ.la/
Usage languagesCzech, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Spanish
US rank (2025)#1,548

Meaning and history

Marcela is the feminine form of Marcellus.

Popularity over timeUS births · girls
20062006: 174 births, rank #1,335
2007: 163 births, rank #1,445
2008: 175 births, rank #1,374
2009: 137 births, rank #1,629
2010: 122 births, rank #1,713
20112011: 110 births, rank #1,829
2012: 119 births, rank #1,733
2013: 114 births, rank #1,792
2014: 112 births, rank #1,818
2015: 103 births, rank #1,950
20162016: 127 births, rank #1,684
2017: 108 births, rank #1,876
2018: 132 births, rank #1,616
2019: 141 births, rank #1,528
2020: 105 births, rank #1,849
20212021: 129 births, rank #1,622
2022: 115 births, rank #1,782
2023: 145 births, rank #1,493
2024: 148 births, rank #1,472
20252025: 136 births, rank #1,548

Marcela rose from #986 to #984 for girls between 1992 and 1999. That year also produced its highest recorded birth count, at 210.