Save Gender Masculine Usage Dutch (Rare) Pronounced Pron. /mɑr.ˈseː.lɵs/, /mɑr.ˈseː.ləs/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History Variant of Marcellus. It is also possible that this name came about by latinizing Marcel, without knowing that Marcellus is actually its original Latin form. For this, compare Marcelis.