Marcel
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from French. Borrowed from French Marcel, from Latin Marcellus, diminutive of Marcus. Doublet of Marcellus.
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Marcel (CC BY-SA 4.0). This is the origin of the name in English; families in Sweden may have taken it from another language.
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Marcel has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2017. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | 10 |
| 2000 | 12 |
| 2001 | 10 |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 10 |
| 2005 | 9 |
| 2006 | 9 |
| 2007 | 5 |
| 2008 | 13 |
| 2009 | 10 |
| 2010 | 19 |
| 2011 | 17 |
| 2012 | 28 |
| 2013 | 25 |
| 2014 | 33 |
| 2015 | 33 |
| 2016 | 30 |
| 2017 | 45 |
| 2018 | 36 |
| 2019 | 44 |
| 2020 | 31 |
| 2021 | 25 |
| 2022 | 30 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls | Men and boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | – | 291 |
| 2000 | – | 318 |
| 2001 | – | 335 |
| 2002 | – | 338 |
| 2003 | – | 353 |
| 2004 | – | 367 |
| 2005 | – | 383 |
| 2006 | – | 407 |
| 2007 | 10 | 444 |
| 2008 | 10 | 480 |
| 2009 | 11 | 505 |
| 2010 | 11 | 536 |
| 2011 | 11 | 568 |
| 2012 | 12 | 608 |
| 2013 | 14 | 646 |
| 2014 | 14 | 690 |
| 2015 | 14 | 726 |
| 2016 | 14 | 782 |
| 2017 | 14 | 848 |
| 2018 | 14 | 897 |
| 2019 | 14 | 960 |
| 2020 | 14 | 986 |
Marcel in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Marcel.Hi! My name is Marcel.
- Marcel bor i Umeå och jobbar som snickare.Marcel lives in Umeå and works as a carpenter.
- Marcel har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Marcel has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Marcels mamma är lärare.Marcel's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Marcels mamma is Marcel's mum.
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Questions about Marcel
How do you pronounce Marcel in Swedish?
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What does the name Marcel mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from French. Borrowed from French Marcel, from Latin Marcellus, diminutive of Marcus. Doublet of Marcellus.
How popular is Marcel in Sweden?
30 babies were named Marcel in 2022. In 2020, 1,000 people in Sweden had Marcel as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2017 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.