Marcela is a girl'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 148 girls in the United States.
Marcela 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, Marcela first appears in Social Security records in 1908. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #947 in 1991, and in 2024 148 babies received the name — 8,817 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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The meaning of Marcela 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.
Marcela is a girl name. In 2024, 148 babies received the name in the US.
Marcela comes from the Portuguese tradition.
Marcela first appears in US records in 1908. Its best-ever ranking was #947 in 1991, and 148 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 hello@namepetal.com — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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