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Marcello is a common masculine, Italian, given name. It's a variant of Marcellus. The Spanish and Portuguese version of the name is Marcelo, differing in having only one "l", while the Greek one is Markellos.

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Etymology

The name originally means like a hammer. It is originally the adjectival form of Marcus, which means hammer; the -el suffix was in times of archaic Latin the adjectival form.

People with this given name

  • Marcello D. Rapp, bass guitarist for American alternative rock band Against All Will
  • Marcello Lippi, Italian football manager
  • Marcello Malpighi, Italian biologist and physician
  • Marcello Mastroianni, deceased Italian actor, famous for starring in films with Sophia Loren

    • People with this surname

    In music:

  • Alessandro Marcello, Italian nobleman and dilettante who dabbled in various areas, especially music
  • Benedetto Marcello, brother of Alessandro, Italian composer, writer, advocate, magistrate, and teacher
  • Kee Marcello, former guitarist in the Swedish hard rock band Europe
  • Rob Marcello, the current guitarist of the band Danger Danger

    • In other fields:

  • Carlos Marcello, Italian-American mobster

    • References

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