Marcelo is a boy's name of Portuguese origin. Its meaning is not recorded in the standard references we check — we would rather tell you that plainly than guess. In 2024 it was given to 709 boys in the United States.
Marcelo belongs to the Portuguese tradition. Its roots are documented, even though its precise meaning is not recorded in the standard references — an honest gap we prefer to a confident guess.
In the United States, Marcelo first appears in Social Security records in 1907. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #444 in 2024, and in 2024 709 babies received the name — 12,432 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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The meaning of Marcelo is not recorded in the standard references we check. Rather than repeat an unsourced claim, we leave it open — its Portuguese origin is documented, but its exact meaning is not.
Marcelo is a boy name. In 2024, 709 babies received the name in the US.
Marcelo comes from the Portuguese tradition.
Marcelo first appears in US records in 1907. Its best-ever ranking was #444 in 2024, and 709 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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