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Marina

Girl Latin #572 in 2023

Marina is a girl name of Latin origin.

Meaning of Marina

Name of an early virgin martyr venerated in the Orthodox Church, Marīna, probably a feminine form of Marīnus, from marīnus, or a variant of Marīa.

Popularity of Marina

Popularity, 1886–2023

520 births in 2023

1886 2023

38,560 U.S. births recorded from 1886–2023.

Peak year

1994

1,307 babies

First recorded

1886

137 years of history

Recent trend

Steady

Last 5 yrs vs. prior 5

Similar names

Who is like God? A rhetorical name honoring the archangel

Bitter; beloved; wished-for child

One of the twelve Apostles

From patricia; later also seen as the feminine form of the saint's name Patrick

Priceless; highly praiseworthy

A syllogism in which all three propositions are of the form "All X are Y" or "X is a Y"

In the New Testament, Saul, Apostle to the Gentiles and author of fourteen epistles

Also called John Mark, the first patriarch of Alexandria, credited with the authorship of the Gospel of Mark

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Popularity counts come from the U.S. Social Security Administration's national dataset. Etymology adapted from Wiktionary under CC BY-SA 4.0. If you spot an error, please let us know.