Marceline

Where Marceline comes from

(place in Missouri): From the female given name.
— Wiktionary's entry for Marceline
  • 3 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1786
    Marceline Desbordes-Valmore born
    French poet and novelist
  2. 1891
    First appearance
    #1,213 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1908
    Marceline Day born
    American actress
  4. 2025
    Peak, #424
    733 babies named Marceline — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Marceline Desbordes-Valmore · French poet and novelist, 1786–1859
  • Marceline Day · American actress, 1908–2000
  • Marceline Loridan-Ivens · director, screenwriter and actor, 1928–2018
  • Marceline Hugot · American actress, born 1960
  • Marceline Miéville · Swiss politician, 1921–2014

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.