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 [ 3 syll. ma-ri-na, mar-ina ] The girl name Marina is pronounced MerIYNah KEY. Marina's language of origin is Latin. It is predominantly used in English, German, Greek, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Scottish, and Spanish. The name is derived from the Roman nickname Marinus which is from the personal name Marius, or else it is from the Latin marinus ('of the sea'). Due to the latter association, the name was used by Shakespeare for his play Pericles, Prince of Tyre (1607-1608), in which it was borne by Pericles' daughter who was born as sea. The name was adopted by English speakers in the 14th century. In Scotland, the name is used as an Anglicized form of Màiri. Marina is the feminine form of the French and German Marin. Forms of the name include the Scandinavian Mareen, the Frisian, Scandinavian, and English Maren, the Scandinavian Marene, the French Marine, the Scandinavian Marna, and the English Marne. The short form Rena (English and Italian), and the pet forms Marinella (Italian), Marni (English), Marnie (English), and Rina (Dutch, English, and Hebrew) are other variants of Marina. See also the related form, the English, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, and German Marisa. Marina is a rather popular baby girl name. The name grew in popularity from the 1930s up to the 1990s. At the modest height of its usage in 1994, 0.067% of baby girls were named Marina. It was #219 in rank then. The baby name has seen a decline in popularity since then. In 2008, it ranked at #538 with a usage of 0.027%, but it was nevertheless the most popular within all girl names in its family. Marina was used 19% more than the 2nd most popular name, the English, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, and German Marisa, in 2008. Baby names that sound like Marina include the Scottish Mairianne, the Arabic and English Mariam, the English Marian, the English, French, and German Marianne, the name Marini, the English, French, and German Marion, the English Mary Anne, the Arabic Maryam, the English Maryann, the English Maryanne, the Polish Maryna, the French and English Maurine, the Arabic and Turkish Meryem, the English, French, German, and Yiddish Miriam, the English, Italian, and Spanish Mirian, the Albanian Mirianë, the German Mirijam, the Scottish Morainn, the Spanish, German, and Italian Morena, and the English Morianne. A famous person named Marina is Actress Marina Sirtis, born 29 March 1959, London, England. KEY: Pronunciation for Marina: M as in "me (M.IY)" ; ER as in "hurt (HH.ER.T)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
