Girl name#467 of girl names
Marcella
Pronounced M AA0 R S EH1 L AH0 (ARPABET)
- 3 syllables
- Peaked 1922
- 145 years in use
How popular is Marcella?
Marcella is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 65,559 children — the 467th most common girls' name on record.
It peaked in 1922, went quiet for most of a century, and is climbing again. Its best single year was 1922, when 1,537 children were given it.
Characteristics
- 3 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- M AA0 R S EH1 L AH0
- Stress pattern:
- 010
- Syllables:
- 3
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Marcella
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Marcella
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Marcella?
- Marcella ranks 467th among girls' names in US records, with 65,559 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 2,246.
- Is Marcella a unisex name?
- No. Marcella is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Marcella most popular?
- 1922, when 1,537 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.