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 1996 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1997 with 61 babies (rank #472 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

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.

1,046

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

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

More popular girls' names

Other girls' names starting with M

Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1996	56	#496
1997	61	#472
1998	54	#511
1999	48	#577
2000	55	#521
2001	52	#547
2002	41	#662
2003	56	#552
2004	41	#709
2005	48	#654
2006	52	#629
2007	42	#787
2008	40	#840
2009	36	#925
2010	54	#691
2011	42	#871
2012	48	#806
2013	48	#807
2014	57	#691
2015	60	#679
2016	55	#729