Marina

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Марина in RU Russia, UA Ukraine, KZ Kazakhstan and 5 more, Maryna in PL Poland, Მარინა in GE Georgia and מרינה in IL Israel.

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 19 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◐

Marina is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name1.0M records spelled Marina49 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Brazil, Germany, Netherlands

  Languages: English, German, Western Frisian

  Also written Mariña, Marinà, Ma-Rina, Marína, Mârïna

• French given name454K records spelled Marina48 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Spain, United States, Belgium

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Mar-Ina, Marinà, Mãrinã, Màrinà, Marîna

• a separate given name72K records spelled Marina4 spellings in the group

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

  Also written Mariná, Mariña, Marína

• Indonesian given name60K records spelled Marina5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, Indonesia, Malaysia, United States

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay, Malagasy

  Also written 'Marina

• Romanian given name30K records spelled Marina14 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Moldova, Romania, United States, Italy

  Also written Marină, Mariña, Mărină, Marinà, Mărïnă

• Japanese given name20K records spelled Marina11 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Japan, United States, Philippines, Italy

  Also written Sarina, Mariña, Màrina, Mãriña, Sariña

• Latvian given name14K records spelled Marina13 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Latvia, Lithuania, United States, Russia

  Languages: Latvian, Lithuanian

  Also written Marin, MarinaS, Marīna, Mariņa, Märina

93 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●

Marina 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.

• 1. topographic name meaning ‘coast’, ‘coastal area’, or a habitational name from a place called Marina. 2. in some cases, perhaps from the female personal name Marina.

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• Latin: ‘of the sea’. See main dictionary.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• In Portuguese, marina (harbour for small boats)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In English, A harbour for small boats.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Spanish, navy

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

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●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 134 years between 1886–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Marina Iwanowna Zwetajewab. 1892RURussian poet (1892 – 1941)
• Princess Marina of Greece and Denmarkb. 1906GBDuchess of Kent from 1934 to 1968
• Marina Abramovićb. 1946RSSerbian performance artist (born 1946)
• Marina Sirtisb. 1955GBBritish actress
• Marina Silvab. 1958BRBrazilian environmentalist and politician (born 1958)
• Marina Aleksandrovab. 1982RURussian actress
• MakSimb. 1983RUnot in their usual nameRussian singer
• Marina Diamandisb. 1985GBBritish singer
• Marina Sattib. 1986GRGreek musician (born 1986)
• Anna Karinab. 1988USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress, model, writer, DJ and musician; former pornographic actress (born 1988)

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 · 1,742 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Marina?

We estimate roughly 566 thousand people bear Marina (counting its spellings and scripts) across 12 countries in our records.

In which country does Marina have the most bearers?

Marina is most frequently recorded in Russia, where it is most often spelled марина.

How common is Marina compared with other names?

In Russia, Marina is the 24th most common given name of 418,751 given names recorded there.

Is Marina a male or female name?

Marina is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Marina mean?

Recorded meaning: From the sea; also used as a feminine name.