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The baby name Marina is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced /məˈriːnə/ (muh-REE-nuh).

Marina is Latin in Origin.

Gender: Female
Syllables: 3.0
Origin: Latin
Pronunciation: /məˈriːnə/ (muh-REE-nuh)

What is the meaning of the name Marina ?

The baby name Marina is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced /məˈriːnə/ (muh-REE-nuh).

Marina is Latin in Origin.

Marina derives from the Latin marinus, “of the sea,” the feminine form of a Roman cognomen referring to seafaring or coastal origins. The name spread through the Mediterranean and Slavic worlds in late antiquity and the Middle Ages, bolstered by veneration of saints called Marina - among them the Eastern name for Saint Margaret of Antioch and Marina the Monk - and later gained literary sheen as the virtuous daughter in Shakespeare’s Pericles, Prince of Tyre. It remains widely used in Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Greek, Russian, and beyond.

Variants and related forms include Maryna (Ukrainian/Belarusian), Marine (French and Armenian), Marinella and Marinela, and the Slavic diminutive Marinka; masculine counterparts are Marino, Marin, and Marinus. Common nicknames are Mari, Rina, and Marnie. With its clear nautical meaning - “from the sea” or “belonging to the sea” - Marina suggests brightness, depth, and calm resilience.

Marina has the following similar or variant Names

Famous people with the name Marina

Marina Silva Politician · Born 1958 · Brazil Marina Silva is a Brazilian politician and environmentalist best known for her work protecting the Amazon and for serving as Brazil’s Minister of the Environment and Climate Change. She previously held the same ministerial role from 2003 to 2008 and also founded the Sustainability Network (REDE). Marina Tchebourkina Musician · Born 1965 · France Marina Tchebourkina is best known as a French and Russian organist and musicologist. She holds a Doctor of Sciences degree in the Arts, a high post-doctoral qualification. Marina Kaye Musician · Born 1998 · France Marina Kaye is a French singer-songwriter from Marseille, best known for her hit song "Homeless." She released the EP Homeless in 2014 and her debut album Fearless in 2015.

Celebrity babies named Marina

Name Last Name(s) Mother Mother famous for Fame Level Father Father famous for Fame Level
Marina Scialiapin Feodor Chaliapin singer ★★★★★

Marina – Popularity by country

Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.

Country Gender Year Rank Born of
Ireland Girls 2025 #1 — 874
Germany Girls 2025 #1 — 411
TM 0 #3 2 66
HR Girls 0 #4 4,397 3,687
CY Girls 0 #6 514 3,755
EE Girls 0 #8 405 1,888
RU Girls 0 #8 23,548 11,913
RU 0 #8 1,104 3,641
FJ Girls 0 #9 1 583
GE Girls 0 #10 344 1,564
HR 0 #11 651 2,081
IL Girls 0 #11 3,987 11,648
MD 0 #11 26 434
RS Girls 0 #11 639 1,651
CY 0 #12 78 1,632
GR Girls 0 #12 1,284 6,293
KZ 0 #12 125 1,452
BF Girls 0 #14 4 315
MD Girls 0 #14 210 865
SV Girls 0 #14 5 458
KZ Girls 0 #17 2,303 5,862
PS Girls 0 #20 2,381 10,981
EE 0 #21 17 1,051
HN 0 #21 2 704
HN Girls 0 #22 15 884
TM Girls 0 #22 13 574
BG Girls 0 #23 489 3,559
RS 0 #24 88 923
NA 0 #25 9 2,537
GE 0 #28 17 997
GR 0 #28 191 3,911
DJ Girls 0 #29 1 488
BG 0 #30 55 1,799
BN 0 #31 2 2,297
BI Girls 0 #32 2 726
MV Girls 0 #32 4 2,021
ID 0 #36 4 2,238
Spain Girls 0 #39 20,085 5,561
LU 0 #42 25 2,830
MT 0 #42 2 1,767
AZ 0 #43 1 706
IT Girls 0 #43 63,161 9,415
NL Girls 2014 #45 19 73
BO Girls 0 #46 3,234 9,488
JP Girls 0 #48 349 6,592
Austria Girls 1988 #51 195 58
CM 0 #51 6 2,592
MO 0 #51 2 2,706
PR 0 #51 5 1,497
CO Girls 0 #52 19,737 16,140
GT Girls 0 #55 1,358 7,500
JP 0 #55 23 4,057
AL 0 #59 17 2,372
AR 0 #59 159 2,915
SI 0 #59 21 1,612
Spain 0 #62 1,182 2,326
LU Girls 0 #62 152 4,850
SI Girls 0 #62 144 2,769
AZ Girls 0 #64 11 1,051
Germany Girls 0 #64 7,035 4,949
LT Girls 0 #65 308 1,904
AO 0 #67 10 2,729
PT Girls 0 #67 2,552 7,952
AR Girls 0 #68 2,919 8,289
EG Girls 0 #68 17,952 14,742
LT 0 #68 20 949
Austria Girls 0 #69 1,359 1,885
IN 0 #70 2 2,963
PS 0 #70 174 5,692
MU Girls 0 #71 577 8,539
AF 0 #72 5 1,883
AF Girls 0 #75 20 2,402
BR Girls 0 #77 6,362 12,708
BN Girls 0 #80 27 5,459
MD Boys 0 #81 1 756
BR 0 #82 461 5,969
CN 0 #84 3 3,857
MU 0 #86 55 3,613
IL 0 #87 289 6,291
QA 0 #87 14 7,011
ID Girls 0 #88 11 3,319
PE Girls 0 #88 6,236 14,861
AL Girls 0 #90 174 4,141
JM 0 #91 3 3,714
SD 0 #91 10 2,130
EG 0 #92 985 6,387
IT 0 #93 3,646 4,183
Austria 0 #95 151 850
EC 0 #95 21 2,502
PT 0 #95 273 4,161
GT 0 #98 272 5,948
MT Girls 0 #98 54 3,773
TW 0 #100 4 4,523
Switzerland Girls 2024 #101 35 1,786
AO Girls 0 #103 117 4,575
GE Boys 0 #105 6 2,055
KW 0 #105 12 5,216
PH 0 #106 5 5,607
EC Girls 0 #110 151 3,650
HU 0 #111 5 1,675
UY Girls 0 #111 1,148 6,731
OM 0 #113 9 6,215
PA 0 #116 15 3,797
BO 0 #118 387 6,868
Norway Girls 2025 #120 7 453
EE Boys 0 #122 4 2,087
Germany 0 #123 509 2,542
PA Girls 0 #123 621 9,861
MX Girls 0 #125 7,414 17,781
JO 0 #128 10 2,158
UY 0 #130 48 2,477
CY Boys 0 #131 1 3,473
IQ 0 #132 2 3,533
AE 0 #133 45 10,220
PR Girls 0 #135 27 3,171
Finland Girls 0 #136 645 1,368
CZ Girls 0 #139 335 5,378
CR 0 #141 18 5,526
AE Girls 0 #146 533 20,968
BW Girls 0 #147 5 4,216
RS Boys 0 #148 7 2,277
LT Boys 0 #151 1 2,166
CZ 0 #153 33 3,154
CL Girls 0 #159 2,970 14,098
QA Girls 0 #159 164 15,378
HU Girls 0 #161 67 3,308
DK Girls 0 #163 180 7,429
NL Girls 0 #169 2,319 5,933
DK 0 #170 34 5,198
NA Girls 0 #170 55 7,146
Sweden Girls 2022 #173 7 1,568
CR Girls 0 #173 572 11,342
HU Boys 0 #174 1 3,954
CM Girls 0 #178 586 11,671
MY Girls 0 #179 1,998 24,821
PL Girls 0 #186 289 5,096
Belgium Girls 2011 #189 23 408
Finland Girls 2026 #189 2,311 3,895
PL 0 #191 22 2,600
KW Girls 0 #195 375 19,177
IR 0 #198 32 4,221
PE 0 #210 102 6,350
SI Boys 0 #211 1 3,402
BD 0 #216 12 5,992
JO Girls 0 #217 114 7,570
MO Girls 0 #217 35 7,056
BG Boys 0 #219 2 3,850
NL 0 #221 183 2,481
PH Girls 0 #222 180 13,098
OM Girls 0 #223 177 15,987
MX 0 #225 207 8,339
CN Girls 0 #231 123 8,829
MY 0 #231 104 12,352
IR Girls 0 #233 376 8,334
SD Girls 0 #236 111 7,678
Finland 0 #237 71 830
HR Boys 0 #240 19 3,997
Canada Girls 2024 #244 42 2,795
TW Girls 0 #244 33 8,139
GH 0 #248 1 5,396
SG 0 #249 21 11,010
TW Boys 0 #256 1 7,111
CO 0 #259 276 7,768
KZ Boys 0 #264 26 6,578
GR Boys 0 #265 9 6,912
SA 0 #274 22 10,560
JM Girls 0 #278 1 7,507
BD Girls 0 #290 97 8,413
AL Boys 0 #295 9 5,122
CL 0 #298 117 6,867
ZA 0 #301 147 14,421
GH Girls 0 #302 23 6,973
CZ Boys 0 #303 3 6,530
JP Boys 0 #303 1 7,909
YE 0 #327 55 8,639
France Girls 2021 #330 76 3,185
CN Boys 0 #331 1 9,639
HK 0 #334 15 8,483
PL Boys 0 #335 6 6,459
ZA Girls 0 #338 1,759 25,928
PT Boys 0 #357 11 7,951
RU Boys 0 #357 152 12,621
GH Boys 0 #360 2 8,138
SG Girls 0 #360 234 18,916
MU Boys 0 #365 5 8,477
IQ Girls 0 #379 126 11,303
LB 0 #380 328 13,263
JO Boys 0 #386 4 7,057
MA 0 #404 1,431 20,986
PH Boys 0 #404 5 11,440
UY Boys 0 #406 8 5,922
HK Girls 0 #408 215 16,104
Austria Boys 0 #431 12 2,180
SY 0 #436 333 11,684
AR Boys 0 #442 26 7,628
BH 0 #442 112 17,937
GT Boys 0 #445 30 7,625
SD Boys 0 #460 7 10,523
PA Boys 0 #467 15 9,305
CR Boys 0 #475 13 10,188
SA Girls 0 #477 502 25,931
United States Girls 2024 #503 461 8,487
LY 0 #507 29 12,703
CM Boys 0 #527 24 12,054
PS Boys 0 #528 21 10,655
IN Girls 0 #542 90 13,121
BO Boys 0 #546 47 9,244
EG Boys 0 #551 372 15,035
HK Boys 0 #554 4 12,905
IR Boys 0 #562 4 10,162
IL Boys 0 #578 30 10,983
DZ 0 #598 741 20,130
TR 0 #598 1,312 19,440
BD Boys 0 #602 4 10,045
CL Boys 0 #636 30 13,390
IQ Boys 0 #649 19 13,071
TN 0 #674 156 13,765
BR Boys 0 #675 77 12,213
SG Boys 0 #684 14 17,960
CO Boys 0 #690 236 15,656
QA Boys 0 #695 13 18,093
KW Boys 0 #723 47 18,755
NG Girls 0 #742 45 15,093
PE Boys 0 #806 73 14,506
Spain Boys 0 #814 117 5,610
OM Boys 0 #845 37 17,948
MX Boys 0 #895 88 16,355
Germany Boys 0 #929 24 5,697
NL Boys 0 #940 12 5,873
NG Boys 0 #997 5 16,906
IN Boys 0 #1,031 9 16,750
MY Boys 0 #1,065 47 25,439
AE Boys 0 #1,070 23 22,615
ZA Boys 0 #1,164 15 25,619
IT Boys 0 #1,175 298 10,046
SA Boys 0 #1,571 44 28,008

Marina is popular in 98 countries — most recent births per country:

France
Norway
NL
Ireland
Scotland, United Kingdom

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People also ask about Marina

Marina is predominantly a girl's name.
Marina is a 3 syllable name, pronounced /məˈriːnə/ (muh-REE-nuh).
Common nicknames and spelling variations include Marine (French), Marin (masculine/variant), Marinka (Slavic diminutive), Mari (diminutive), Rina (diminutive) and Mina (diminutive).
Across languages, Marina has these equivalents: Maris (Latin/Estonian, 'of the sea'), Maren (Scandinavian), Meri (Finnish, 'sea'), Pelagia (Greek, 'of the sea'), Morwenna (Cornish, 'maiden of the sea'), and 2 more.
Yes, very popular — Marina ranked #1 in Ireland in 2025, and appears in official birth registries across 13 countries.
Marina ranks highest in Ireland (#1 in 2025).
Marina's popularity is declining significantly. It moved from #206 in 2011 to #330 in 2021 in France.
Yes — 3 notable people named Marina are in our database, including Marina Silva (Politician), Marina Tchebourkina (Musician), Marina Kaye (Musician).
Yes — at least 1 celebrity couple has chosen Marina for their child, including Feodor Chaliapin.