Marcelin
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Marcelin
Frequency: (191)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. French: from the personal name Marcel(l)in, from the Latin name Marcellinus, a double derivative of Marcus (see Mark) borne by several early saints, including a pope who died in the persecutions instigated by Diocletian.
2. Galician (Marcelín): habitational name from Marcelín, a village in Galicia, northern Spain.
GIVEN NAMES: French 39%; Spanish 5%; German 4%. Andre (3), Pierre (3), Mireille (2), Anselme, Calixte, Constant, Dominique, Elysee, Francois, Georges, Jean Claude, Jean-Claude; Luis (4), Carlos, Enrique, Marcial, Mario, Raul, Rolando; Ernst, Fritz.
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