The baby name Marina is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced /məˈriːnə/ (muh-REE-nuh).
Marina is Latin in Origin.
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 Silva 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 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 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. |
| Name | Last Name(s) | Mother | Mother famous for | Fame Level | Father | Father famous for | Fame Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marina | Scialiapin | Feodor Chaliapin | singer | ★★★★★ |
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 |
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