Spellings
Marcella or Marcela?
In the US in 2025, 67% of babies in this name family were spelled Marcella and 33% Marcela. Same name, slightly different impression: here are the figures for each spelling.
Ten years ago
Marcella already led in 2015, with 62% of the family's births; it has 67% in 2025. All spellings together, the family went from 273 to 408 births (+49%).
| Spelling | 2015 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marcella | 170 | 272 | +60% |
| Marcela | 103 | 136 | +32% |
How they sound
All of these spellings are said the same way: /mɑrˈsɛlə/ (mar-SEL-uh). So the choice is about how it looks: it is the spelling people will read on a birth card, a name tag or an email address, and the one your child will sometimes spell out.
In France
In France in 2025: Marcella 5 births and Marcela 5 births.
Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA), Insee (France), 2025 data. How we calculate these figures.
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