# Marina (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/marina/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Latin |
| Meaning | “of the sea” |
| Pronunciation | /məˈɹiːnə/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 39,565 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 51 / 39,514 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,559, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

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

## What it means

Marina is grouped under sea.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 472 | 612 |
| 2012 | 440 | 645 |
| 2013 | 470 | 601 |
| 2014 | 436 | 655 |
| 2015 | 437 | 658 |
| 2016 | 432 | 681 |
| 2017 | 402 | 716 |
| 2018 | 429 | 683 |
| 2019 | 421 | 690 |
| 2020 | 399 | 704 |
| 2021 | 399 | 717 |
| 2022 | 458 | 645 |
| 2023 | 520 | 573 |
| 2024 | 463 | 640 |
| 2025 | 488 | 602 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 6 | 5,955 |
| 1984 | 5 | 6,968 |
| 1985 | 7 | 5,533 |
| 1986 | 7 | 5,714 |
| 1989 | 6 | 7,573 |
| 1990 | 5 | 9,002 |
| 1992 | 9 | 5,963 |
| 1993 | 6 | 8,295 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 42 | 858 |
| 2012 | 48 | 801 |
| 2013 | 48 | 802 |
| 2014 | 57 | 688 |
| 2015 | 60 | 674 |
| 2016 | 55 | 727 |
| 2017 | 59 | 695 |
| 2018 | 54 | 729 |
| 2019 | 57 | 682 |
| 2020 | 51 | 720 |
| 2021 | 64 | 603 |
| 2022 | 62 | 613 |
| 2023 | 53 | 677 |
| 2024 | 45 | 826 |
| 2025 | 68 | 580 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: مارينا
- Armenian: Մարինա
- Bulgarian: Марина
- Czech: Marina
- Danish: Marina
- Estonian: Marina
- Finnish: Marina
- French: Marine
- Georgian: მარინა
- German: Marina
- Greek: Μαρίνα
- Hebrew: מרינה
- Hindi: मरीना
- Hungarian: Marina
- Italian: Marina
- Japanese: マリナ, まりな, 満里奈, マリーナ
- Korean: 마리나
- Latin: Marīna
- Latvian: Marina
- Polish: Maryna

## People named Marina

- Marina Silva, Brazilian environmentalist and politician (born 1958)
- Marina Vlady, French actress, singer, and writer (1938–2026)
- Marina Diamandis, British singer
- Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark, Duchess of Kent from 1934 to 1968
- Marina Sirtis, British actress
- Marina Mniszech, (1588-1614) Tsaritsa of Russia, 1606
- Marina Berti, British Italian actress (1924-2002)
- Marina Lewycka, British writer
- Marina Kaljurand, Estonian diplomat, politician and badminton player (born 1962)
- Marina Hands, French actress (born 1975)
- Marina Foïs, French actress (born 1970)
- Marina Mahathir, Daughter of Mahathir Mohamad

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.