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The first name 
Marceline

Marceline is a female first name.

Marceline is a well-known but special name!

Marceline is a well-known name in the US, but is still special. It is currently only given to every ten thousandth girl, and therefore ranks at 1,090 in the SmartGenius statistics. This means there are 1,089 girls names that are more common, but also tens of thousands that are much rarer. If you polled the whole US population – children, adults and seniors – you’d find less than one in 10,000 to be named Marceline.

You won't believe all there is 
to discover about the name
 
Marceline

Marceline -
special, but at home in many states

You may not know anyone named Marceline, but there’s a good chance you live in the same state as someone with that name. In fact, 36 states are home to women and girls named Marceline. (To be fair, a given name is only included in a state’s official statistics if there are at least five people with that name living in that state – so it’s entirely possible that there are still a few women and girls named Marceline living in one state or another. If your name is Marceline and you live outside of the states highlighted on the map, please let us know so we can refine our statistics even further). And while the first name is present in many states, it is still not one of the popular ones. In Arizona, which has the most people named Marceline relative to the population, you still have to ask 24,114 women and girls their names before you hear Marceline as an answer just once.

Marceline has 9 letters 
and begins with an M

Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter M is a quite popular first letter for girls' names. That’s because 8.5% of all common girls’ names in the US begin with this letter. Only the first letters A and S are more common for girls' names.

With nine letters, the name Marceline is relatively long compared to other names. In fact, 5.6% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly nine letters. 92% of all first names are shorter, while not even 2.5% of all boys’ and girls’ names use ten or more letters. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long with no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.

Therefore: As 8.5% of all girls' names start with an M, this initial letter occurs nearly 2.5-times as often as all 26 letters on average – and the most common one of all the girls’ names starting with M is Mary.

Other names with 
M, a, r, c, e, l, i, n and e

If you take all the letters in the name Marceline – M, a, r, c, e, l, i, n and e – and put them together again, you can form other names, such as Carmeline or Marcilene.

With hands, flags and sounds 
How to say Marceline

If your name is Marceline and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...

This is how you spell the name Marceline

So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Marceline, you can simply say:

Mouse

Apple

Rocket

Cat

Elephant

Lion

Igloo

Nut

Elephant

This is how the name Marceline is spelled in the NATO phonetic alphabet

The NATO alphabet often helps people spell words on the phone or radio when there are communication problems.

How do you write Marceline in Braille?

Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.

Marceline

Marceline

You want to tell a deaf person that your name is Marceline

Just use American Sign Language!

The name Marceline is particularly colorful in the Semaphore flag signaling system!

These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.

M
A
R
C
E
L
I
N
E

Have you ever waved the name Marceline

In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.

M
A
R
C
E
L
I
N
E

Beeping like crazy...

In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Marceline sounds like this: