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Dictionary of Medieval Names
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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.

Belgium
Dutch
● 1597x1598 Marcelis BoonenGes p. 368
France
Latin
● 1047x1061 Marcelli (gen) CartNDSaintes XX; 1269x70 Marcelli (gen) NDParisII 2-XXXII; 1273 Marcelli (gen) ibid. 2-XLIII; 1295 Marcellus (nom) HistHdVParis p. 130
Old French
● 1296 Marciau paris1296 p. 15; 1313 Marceau Paris1313 p. 25, Marciau ibid. p. 37
Middle French
● 1418 Marceau DdB1418 p. 201, HGParis p. 376; 1423 Marcel favier 428; 1565 Marceau RegPCC-1 p. 176
◑ 1418 Marcelet DdB1418 p. 212, HGParis p. 387; 1421 Marcelet favier 970; 1423 Marcelet ibid. 4; 1438 Marcelet ibid. 55
Hungary
Latin
● 1324 Marcelli (gen) CDH-VIII-II CCLXX
Italy
Latin
● 1326 Marcelli (gen) Friuli-14thC no. 440; 1478 Marcelli (gen) RCCaetani6 2720, Marcello (abl) ibid. 2720; 1522x1532 Marcello (nom) DSF p. 53, 37; 1527 Marcelli (gen) Rome1527 p. 90
◑ 1376 Marcelino (abl) DouGen1 p. 86; 1527 Marcellini (gen) Rome1527 p. 89
The Netherlands
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 2018, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2018/1/name/Marcel.