Anyone know what the name MARCELLA means?

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Anyone know what the name MARCELLA means?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: I think 'fruitful mother' comes closest:

Comes from Marcia, according to: http://www.thenewparentsguide.com/baby-n...

Marcia comes from Mark, according to:
http://www.geocities.com/heartland/hills...

Mark comes from Marcus, Mars or Marco.
Marcus = "(Latin) martial, warlike" according to http://www.thenewparentsguide.com/baby-n...

http://mizian.com.ne.kr/englishwiz/libra... Says:
MARCELLA feminine form of MARCELLUS
MARCELLUS pet form of MARCUS
MARCIA feminine form of MARCUS

http://www.orbilat.com/romance_onomastic... says:
Marcus: m (L., G.) Popular Roman name of uncertain origin. St Mark was the author of the second Gospel in the New Testament.

http://www.lifeinitaly.com/potpourri/nam... once said:
Marcus relates to Mars, the God of war.

Mars:
Mars was the son of Juno and a magical flower and initially was the Roman god of fertility and vegetation but later became associated with battle. As the god of spring, when his major festivals were held, he presided over agriculture in general. In his warlike aspect, Mars was offered sacrifices before combat and was said to appear on the battlefield accompanied by Bellona, a warrior goddess variously identified as his wife, sister or daughter. Mars unlike his Greek counterpart, Ares, was more widely worshipped than any of the other Roman gods, probably because his sons Romulus and Remus were said to have founded Rome. As the consort of Rhea Sylvia and father of Romulus and Remus, Mars was considered the father of the Roman people. (Says http://www.geocities.com/athens/delphi/8... .)

Wikipedia says:
-Mars was the Roman god of war.
-A name derived from Mars is Mark (Italian, Marco).

Mars is likely the Latinized form of the agricultural and fertility Etruscan god Maris (or Mari囩. Maris is the plural of Mari.
http://www.stregoneriaitaliana.com/archi... :
Ma-ri in Sumerian means fruitful mother. Mari is a city on the Euphrates. The Hebrew name Miryam, which is the origin of Maria, is a contraction of Marat-Hayam - Lady of the Sea.
Wiki Mari:
Mari, Mari Urraca, Anbotoko Mari ("the lady of Anboto") and the possibly distinct Murumendiko Dama ("lady of Murumendi") was a goddess — a lamia — of the Basques.

Marcella (325 - 410) is a saint in the Roman Catholic Church and others.