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Marcelo

Spanish and Portuguese form of Marcellus.

PronunciationEuropean Spanish /maɾ.ˈθe.lo/; Latin American Spanish /maɾ.ˈse.lo/; European Portuguese /mɐɾ.ˈsɛ.lu/; Brazilian Portuguese /mɐh.ˈsɛ.lu/
Usage languagesPortuguese, Spanish
US rank (2025)#398

Meaning and history

Marcelo is the Spanish and Portuguese form of Marcellus.

Popularity over timeUS births · boys
20062006: 217 births, rank #896
2007: 273 births, rank #789
2008: 284 births, rank #781
2009: 254 births, rank #843
2010: 248 births, rank #854
20112011: 263 births, rank #825
2012: 284 births, rank #795
2013: 270 births, rank #811
2014: 319 births, rank #743
2015: 313 births, rank #761
20162016: 317 births, rank #765
2017: 463 births, rank #586
2018: 440 births, rank #610
2019: 483 births, rank #576
2020: 418 births, rank #641
20212021: 478 births, rank #583
2022: 545 births, rank #542
2023: 566 births, rank #521
2024: 710 births, rank #444
20252025: 798 births, rank #398

Marcelo rose from #444 to #399 for boys between 2024 and 2025. That year also produced its highest recorded birth count, at 798.