Marcella (first name)
Marcella is a female given name that is more common, especially in Italian .
Origin and meaning of the name
Marcella is the feminine form of the Roman cognomen Marcellus , which itself is of unclear origin.
The name has been documented since late antiquity. Since the Middle Ages, Saint Marcella has been in the foreground as the namesake.
variants
- Marcela (Spanish, Czech)
- Marcelle (French)
- Marcellina (ital.)
- Marceline (nickname)
- Marzella (German)
- Märzellina (German)
- Cella (ital.)
- Cellina (Italian)
- Celina (Spanish)
name day
Name day is January 31st (in honor of Saint Marcella ).
Well-known namesake
First name form Marcella
- Saint Marcella , († 410), Roman saint, slain during the conquest of Rome
- Marcella Albani (1899-1959), Italian silent film actress
- Marcella Althaus-Reid (1952–2009), British theologian and university professor
- Marcella d'Arle (1906–2002), Italian journalist and author
- Marcella Bella (* 1952), Italian singer
- Marcella Berger (* 1954), German writer
- Marcella Boveri (1863-1950), American biologist
- Marcella Burke , American author
- Marcella Carollo (* 1962), Italian astrophysicist
- Marcella Deen (* 1988), former Dutch handball player
- Marcella De Marchis (1916–2009), Italian costume designer
- Marcella Detroit (* 1952), American singer and songwriter
- Marcella Hazan (1924–2013), Italian-American cookbook author
- Marcella Liiv (* 1998), Estonian javelin thrower
- Marcella Mancini (* 1971), Italian marathon runner
- Marcella Mesker (* 1959), former Dutch tennis player
- Marcella Michelangeli (actually Marcela Ghelardi; * 1943), Italian actress
- Marcella Pattyn (1920–2013), Belgian religious and the last beguine
- Marcella Roddewig (1918–2000), German Germanist, Romanist and Dante researcher
- Marcella Sembrich (1858–1935), Polish singer and pianist
- Marcella Schmidt di Friedberg (* 1958), Italian human geographer