The first name Marina
A girl’s name from Latin meaning “of the sea”.
Pronounced /məˈɹiːnə/ 3 syllables Female
Meaning and origin
Latin origin
Marina means “of the sea” in Latin.
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.
More names that mean sea.
From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity
Babies registered in England and Wales, 1996–2025
In 2025, 68 girls were named Marina, making it the 580th most popular girls’ name.
Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Marina with other names.
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Marina at birth, 1880–2025
In 2025, 488 girls born in the United States were named Marina, the 602nd most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1994, when 1,307 were.
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Marina in other languages
Equivalent forms of the name, from Wiktionary
Spelled Marina in Czech, Danish, Estonian, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish and Swedish too.
Famous people named Marina
74 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Marina SilvaBrazilian environmentalist and politician (born 1958)
- Marina VladyFrench actress, singer, and writer (1938–2026)
- Marina DiamandisBritish singer, born 1985
- Princess Marina of Greece and DenmarkDuchess of Kent from 1934 to 1968
- Marina SirtisBritish actress, born 1955
- Marina Mniszech(1588-1614) Tsaritsa of Russia, 1606
- Marina BertiBritish Italian actress (1924-2002)
- Marina LewyckaBritish writer, 1946–2025
- Marina KaljurandEstonian diplomat, politician and badminton player (born 1962)
- Marina HandsFrench actress (born 1975)
- Marina FoïsFrench actress (born 1970)
- Marina MahathirDaughter of Mahathir Mohamad, born 1957
More Latin girls’ names
Questions
- What does the name Marina mean?
- Marina means “of the sea” in Latin.
- What is the origin of the name Marina?
- 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.
- How popular is the name Marina?
- In 2025, 68 girls born in England and Wales were named Marina, ranking 580th.
- Is Marina a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 39,565 US babies named Marina since 1880 were girls.
- When was Marina most popular?
- 1994 in the United States, when 1,307 babies were named Marina, its highest rank at 218th.
- How do you pronounce Marina?
- Marina is /məˈɹiːnə/, 3 syllables.