Marcel
m.
Latin Marcellus, a cognomen of the Claudian gens originally a diminutive of Latin Marcus (v. Mark).
The name of a 4th C pope and a 16th C pope.
The French dim. Marceau is a vocalic form of Marcel.
- France
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- Old French
- ● 1296 Marciau paris1296 p. 15;
1313 Marceau Paris1313 p. 25,
Marciau ibid. p. 37
- Middle French
- ● 1418 Marceau HGParis p. 376;
1423 Marcel favier 428
- ◑ 1418 Marcelet HGParis p. 387;
1421 Marcelet favier 970;
1423 Marcelet ibid. 4;
1438 Marcelet ibid. 55
- Italy
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- Latin
- ● 1326 Marcelli (gen) Friuli-14thC no. 440;
1522x1532 Marcello (nom) DSF p. 53, 37;
1527 Marcelli (gen) Rome1527 p. 90
- ◑ 1527 Marcellini (gen) Rome1527 p. 89
- The Netherlands
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- Dutch
- ● 1581 Marcellus MagMiddelburg-1560;
1582 Marcellus ibid.
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Marcel". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2015, no. 2. http://dmnes.org/2015/2/name/Marcel.