Marcelo - Meaning of Marcelo

What does Marcelo mean?

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Marcelo

[ 3 syll. mar-ce-lo, ma-rc-elo ] The baby boy name Marcelo is pronounced in Spanish as MaaR-THEH-Low or in Spanish-Latin American as MaaR-SEH-Low †. Marcelo has its origins in the Latin language, and it is used largely in Portuguese and Spanish. Marcelo is a derivative of the Catalan, English, French, and German Marcel.

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Marcelo is fairly popular as a baby name for boys. The name has been growing in popularity since the 1990s. Its usage peaked modestly in 2017 with 0.023% of baby boys being named Marcelo. Its ranking then was #586. In 2018, it ranked at #610 with a usage of 0.023%, and it was the most popular among all boy names in its group. Marcelo was more frequently used than the next ranked name, Marcel, by 37% in 2018.

Baby names that sound like Marcelo include Marcelee, Marceley, Marceli, Marcelie, Marcello, Marcial, Marischal, Marischall, Markelo, Maurell, Miracle, Mirakel, Mirakle, Moryel, Muralie, Muraly, Murial, Muriall, Muryal, and Muryel.

† Pronunciation for Marcelo: M as in "me (M.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; TH as in "theme (TH.IY.M)" ; EH as in "ebb (EH.B)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; OW as in "oak (OW.K)" ; S as in "see (S.IY)"