Marcellus

Latin
"young warrior"

Marcellus Origin and Meaning

The name Marcellus is a boy's name of French origin meaning "young warrior".

This ancient Roman family name, first borne by the distinguished Marcus Claudius Marcellus and later by two popes, is a possibilty in the hot new category of names from antiquity.

# 875 in the US

Marcellus Rank in US Top 1000

# 1152 on Nameberry

Marcellus Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Marcellus Popularity

Famous People Named Marcellus

  • Saint Marcellus of Tangier
    3rd century Roman martyr
  • Marcellus I and II
    popes
  • Marcus Claudius Marcellus
    several Roman statesmen and generals
  • Marcellus Empiricus
    5th century Gaulish medical writer
  • Marcellus Vernon Wiley
    American football player
  • Marcellus Hall
    American musician and illustrator
  • Marcellus McCarver aka Celly Cel
    American rapper
  • Marcellus Ephraim Jones
    American soldier who fired the first shot at the Battle of Gettysburg
  • Marcellus Coffermans
    Flemish painter
  • Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.
    birth name of Muhammad Ali, American boxer

Marcellus in Pop Culture

  • Marcellus Wallis
    character in movie "Pulp Fiction"
  • Marcellus Shale
    controversial underground source of natural gas that is at the center of the hydraulic fracturing debate
  • Marcellus Gallio
    Roman tribune of the 1953 movie, "The Robe" played by Richard Burton
  • Marcellus "Marcel" Gerard
    character in TV's "The Originals"
  • Marcellus
    minor characters in Shakespeare's "Hamlet" and "Julius Caesar"
  • Marcellus Washburn
    character in The Music Man