Marcellus

Where Marcellus comes from

Borrowed from Latin Marcellus. Doublet of Marcel.
— Wiktionary's entry for Marcellus
  • Latin
  • 3 syllables
Along the way
  1. 255
    Marcellus I born
    pope
  2. 1501
    Marcellus II born
    pope of the Catholic Church and bishop of Rome from 9 April to 1 May 1555
  3. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #571 among boys — 11 babies in the first year on record.
  4. 1902
    Peak, #536
    16 babies named Marcellus — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1905
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Latin.
Namesakes
  • Marcellus II · pope of the Catholic Church and bishop of Rome from 9 April to 1 May 1555, 1501–1555
  • Marcellus I · pope, 255–309
  • Marcellus Emants · novelist, 1848–1923
  • Marcellus Coffermans · Flemish painter, active 1549-1575, 1524–1581
  • Marcellus Stearns · American politician, 1839–1891

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.