Comments for the name Marcel

Two famous Marcel's are:
The French realist novelist Marcel Proust.
The French dadaist and surrealist artist Marcel Duchamp.

This is my all-time favorite name. It's deep, unique, masculine, and I HIGHLY recommend it to anyone!

Marcel Marceau, the French mime artist, is a famous bearer of this name.

On the sitcom Friends, I'm pretty sure Ross named his annoying little monkey Marcel.

Also a boys name in Slovenia.

Marcel is also the Czech and Slovak form. [noted -ed]

I love this name! I don't understand why it isn't used more often.

It's also used in the Netherlands where it's pronounced MAHR-cel.

Marcel is also the Catalan form of Marcellus. [noted -ed]

Marcel Pagnol, French filmmaker, playwright and novelist.

This is a good strong name, and it's not frequently used at all. It doesn't sound feminine, but maybe a bit wimpy. It could always be shortened to Marc though, if he felt that way.

It's also Croatian.

Look up "Marcel the Shell with shoes on" on YouTube. Cutest video ever.

I like the look of the name but the pronunciation sounds kind of dopey. I do, however, like the French pronunciation.

There are many, many translations of this name. Out of all of them, I would select this one because of the association with Marcel Duchamp.