Meaning of the nameMarcelino

Male
Latin origin
Mar-ce-li-no

Marcelino is a masculine name of Latin origin, from Marcellinus, a diminutive of Marcellus, which is in turn a diminutive of Marcus.

Meaning

“diminutive of Marcellus (Marcelo), itself a diminutive of Marcus, a name probably derived from Mars”

Source: Wiktionary: Marcelino · Behind the Name: Marcus

People (2022): 22,216
Rank in Brazil: #993
Median age: 51 years
2010 Census: 26,527; people

Marcelino in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Marcelino, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1960s (5,042 people).

84 women 22,132 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Marcelino is most common

States with the highest share of people named Marcelino in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Piauí 0.020%
Mato Grosso do Sul 0.018%
Pará 0.016%
Maranhão 0.015%
Tocantins 0.015%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	3,627	0.008%
Minas Gerais	2,916	0.014%
Bahia	1,637	0.012%
Pará	1,282	0.016%
Rio de Janeiro	1,191	0.007%
Paraná	1,174	0.010%
Rio Grande do Sul	1,070	0.010%
Maranhão	1,020	0.015%
Ceará	968	0.011%
Santa Catarina	900	0.012%
Pernambuco	898	0.010%
Goiás	665	0.009%
Piauí	661	0.020%
Paraíba	581	0.015%
Mato Grosso	540	0.015%
Mato Grosso do Sul	505	0.018%
Amazonas	465	0.012%
Espírito Santo	432	0.011%
Rio Grande do Norte	393	0.012%
Distrito Federal	236	0.008%
Alagoas	227	0.007%
Tocantins	226	0.015%
Rondônia	200	0.013%
Sergipe	157	0.007%
Acre	90	0.011%
Amapá	80	0.011%
Roraima	75	0.012%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Marcelino

Wiktionary derives Marcelino from the Latin Mārcellīnus, a diminutive of Mārcellus, which is in turn a diminutive of Mārcus. Behind the Name treats Marcellinus as a Roman cognomen derived from Marcellus, gives Marcelino as the Portuguese and Spanish form, and says that Marcus probably comes from the name of the Roman god Mars. The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) includes Marcelino among the traditional names with the Latin diminutive suffix -ino. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 22,216 people named Marcelino, with a median age of 51; proportionally, the name is most common in Piauí.

Sources

Wiktionary: Marcelino · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Behind the Name: Marcellinus · behindthename.com · origin
Behind the Name: Marcus · behindthename.com · meaning
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Marcelino · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Marcelino

What does the name Marcelino mean?

Marcelino means “diminutive of Marcellus (Marcelo), itself a diminutive of Marcus, a name probably derived from Mars”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Marcelino in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 22,216 people with the first name Marcelino, which ranks it number 993 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

Is Marcelino a boy's or a girl's name?

Marcelino is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 84 women and 22,132 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Marcelino?

Marcelino is a name of Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Marcelino most common?

Proportionally, in Piauí: 0.020% of the state's population is named Marcelino (661 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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