Marin

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Марьин in RU Russia, KZ Kazakhstan, Maren in NO Norway, Марін in UA Ukraine and Marine in BE Belgium.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 21 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Marin is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Western Frisian given name147K records spelled Marin82 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Netherlands, France, United States, Peru

  Languages: Western Frisian, Dutch, English

  Also written Marinus, Mariños, Marinos, Μαρινος, Marino

• Catalan surname109K records spelled Marin2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, Andorra, Argentina

  Also written Marín

• a separate surname37K records spelled Marin13 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Ecuador, Spain, United Kingdom

  Also written Mar'In, Marïn, Marīn, Marìn, Märin

• Romanian surname31K records spelled Marin7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Romania, Spain, United States, Italy

  Also written Mărin, Mariñ, Marín, Marîn, Marìn

• Finnish surname7.9K records spelled Marin4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, United States, Spain, Peru

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Marín

91 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Marin is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In French, From Latin Marianus, 'of Marius/Mary', or related to the sea (Latin mare).

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

• Spanish (Marin), French, English, Slovenian, Croatian, and Romanian: from the Latin personal name Marinus, borne by several minor early saints. Originally this was a Roman family name derived from Marius (compare Marie), but was often taken to mean ‘of the sea’.

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• occupational name for a sailor, Old French marin (Late Latin marinus, a derivative of mare ‘sea’).

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• habitational name from a place called Marin, in particular the one in Pontevedra, Galicia.

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• from the personal name Marija or its short form Mara (see Maria).

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

EC INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) — 125 years between 1900–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• John Marinb. 1870USAmerican artist (1870-1953)
• Jacques Marinb. 1919FRFrench actor (1919–2001)
• Angel Marinb. 1942BGBulgarian politician and general (1942–2024)
• Jack Marinb. 1944USAmerican basketball player (born 1944)
• Cheech Marinb. 1946USAmerican actor
• Andreea Marinb. 1974RORomanian television presenter
• Sanna Marinb. 1985FIPrime Minister of Finland from 2019 to 2023
• Luca Marinb. 1986ITItalian swimmer and trainer
• Marko Marinb. 1989DEGerman association football player (born 1989)
• Răzvan Marinb. 1996RORomanian association football player (born 1996)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 856 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Marin?

We estimate roughly 243 thousand people bear Marin (counting its spellings and scripts) across 14 countries in our records.

In which country does Marin have the most bearers?

Marin is most frequently recorded in Mexico, where it is most often spelled marin.

Where is Marin most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Marin is densest in Costa Rica — about 1 in 126 people — even though Mexico holds more of our records for it.

How common is Marin compared with other names?

In Mexico, Marin is the 131st most common surname of 198,716 surnames recorded there.

What does the name Marin mean?

Recorded meaning: from the French personal name Marin, from Latin Marinus, a derivative of Marius; or 'sailor'