Marina

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Marina is a feminine given name. It is the female version of the Roman family name Marinus, which is a form of the Latin name Marius. The meaning of Marius might be connected to Mars, the Roman god of war, or with the Latin word maris, meaning virile.

From Wikipedia

Marina first appears in the data in 1886 and has been recorded in 133 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1994 with 1,307 babies (rank #218 that year). In 2024 it was given to 461 girls (rank #640). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Marina

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Marina yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

11Destiny numberThe visionary (master)Intuitive and inspirational — a heightened 2.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
11Soul urgeThe visionary (master)Intuitive and inspirational — a heightened 2.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
9PersonalityThe humanitarianIdealistic, compassionate, thinks in big-picture terms.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

39,072

Total babies (all years)

133

Years in the data

1,307

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Also a character in

In Élite: Marina Nunier — the heiress at the centre of season one

Famous people named Marina

Marina Abramovićsound artist · b. 1946
Marina Silvatrade unionist · b. 1958
Marina Ovsyannikovatelevision editor · b. 1978
Marina Diamandisrecording artist · b. 1985
Marina Vladyfilm actor · b. 1938

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1886	6	#1,061
1889	5	#1,409
1891	8	#1,064
1894	8	#1,203
1896	9	#1,179
1897	5	#1,709
1898	6	#1,627
1899	6	#1,525
1900	11	#1,203
1901	5	#1,850
1902	8	#1,398
1903	11	#1,115
1904	5	#2,066
1905	6	#1,841
1906	10	#1,285
1907	6	#1,979
1908	10	#1,404
1909	6	#2,139
1910	14	#1,248
1911	5	#2,718
1912	26	#1,024
1913	18	#1,387
1914	18	#1,584
1915	41	#1,052
1916	45	#1,036
1917	48	#1,023
1918	36	#1,271
1919	61	#906
1920	58	#965
1921	57	#997
1922	49	#1,098
1923	57	#1,001
1924	66	#939
1925	54	#1,029
1926	67	#919
1927	58	#1,007
1928	63	#946
1929	53	#998
1930	39	#1,207
1931	34	#1,252
1932	37	#1,187
1933	48	#1,006
1934	65	#851
1935	90	#710
1936	61	#873
1937	61	#890
1938	84	#759
1939	60	#913
1940	80	#792
1941	64	#922
1942	73	#919
1943	91	#812
1944	93	#796
1945	101	#746
1946	117	#758
1947	105	#858
1948	136	#726
1949	128	#764
1950	127	#770
1951	123	#806
1952	141	#750
1953	155	#732
1954	248	#567
1955	211	#640
1956	207	#668
1957	233	#646
1958	214	#677
1959	247	#633
1960	340	#525
1961	263	#630
1962	290	#580
1963	302	#566
1964	361	#514
1965	374	#492
1966	344	#511
1967	322	#528
1968	320	#536
1969	283	#589
1970	293	#598
1971	262	#632
1972	240	#639
1973	244	#625
1974	255	#610
1975	318	#544
1976	285	#575
1977	324	#546
1978	289	#591
1979	322	#569
1980	333	#561
1981	353	#533
1982	406	#499
1983	383	#507
1984	417	#485
1985	394	#512
1986	384	#533
1987	445	#486
1988	449	#500
1989	601	#411
1990	851	#324
1991	787	#335
1992	1,007	#277
1993	1,190	#237
1994	1,307	#218
1995	1,104	#254
1996	1,073	#268
1997	980	#293
1998	939	#323
1999	935	#327
2000	884	#350
2001	913	#335
2002	768	#385
2003	752	#402
2004	887	#357
2005	759	#411
2006	781	#408
2007	698	#462
2008	577	#533
2009	496	#608
2010	463	#634
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	#643
2023	520	#572
2024	461	#640