🔥Marina

Ma-REEN-a

Latin

"from the sea"

Marina Origin and Meaning

The name Marina is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "from the sea".

This pretty sea-born name was used to dramatic effect by Shakespeare in his play Pericles for the virtuous princess who says she is "Call'd Marina, for I was born at sea."

Marina was an epithet of Venus, and there was more than one saint of that name. It was used in Britain from as early as the fourteenth century.

Although it reached as high as Number 219 in 1994, Marina never had the trendy feel of cousins Melissa and Marissa. It's now very popular in Spain.

A prominent current bearer is Marina Abramovic, widely publicized New York-based Serbian performance artist. And actor Matt LeBlanc chose the name for his daughter, Marina Pearl.

Marina Rank in US Top 1000

# 573 in the US

Marina Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 318 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Marina

• 573 US 2023
• 318 Nameberry 2025
• 687 England 2023
• 236 Germany 2016
• 43 Spain 2023
• 245 Mexico 2021
• 181 Switzerland 2022
• 198 Poland 2020
• 11 Estonia 2024

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Famous People Named Marina

• Marina Princess of Greece & Denmark, Duchess of Kent, wife of Britain's Prince George
• Marina Petrovna Golitsyna Princess of Russia; great,granddaughter of Tsar Nicholas I
• Marina Abramović Serbian,American performance artist
• Marina Teresa Squerciati American Actress
• Marina Lambrini Diamandis Welsh singer of Marina and the Diamonds
• Marina Vyacheslavovna Anissina French,Russian Olympic ice dancer
• Marina Erakovic New Zealand tennis player
• Marina Ginesta Catalan Communist militant during the Spanish Civil War
• Marina Ann Hantzis birth name of American actress Sasha Grey
• Marina Inoue Japanese voice actress
• Marina Evelyn Keegan American essayist
• Marina Sirtis British,American actress
• Marina Ivanovna Tsvetaeva Russian poet
• Marina Tucakovic Serbian songwriter
• Marina Viskovic Serbian singer
• Marina Zivkovic Serbian singer
• Marina Nery Brazilian model
• Marina Torlonia dei Principi di Civitella Cesi, Italian,American grandmother of actress Brooke Shields
• Marina Louise Bukowski only child of novelist Charles Bukowski
• Marina Victoria Alexandra Ogilvy daughter of Britain's Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy; great,granddaughter of King George V
• Marina Charlotte Alexandra Katharine Helen Windsor b. 1992, daughter of George Windsor, Earl of St Andrews
• Marina Pearl LeBlanc b. 2004, daughter of actor Matt LeBlanc
• Marina Corwin (b. 2008) daughter of biologist and TV personality Jeff Corwin
• Marina Irodova (b. 2009) daughter of singer Yegor Irodov
• Marina Malpica Mexican rhythmic gymnast

The name Marina in Pop Culture

• Marina character in "Exodus" by Leon Uris
• Marina character in Shakespeare's "Pericles, Prince of Tyre" ("Call'd Marina/For I was born at sea.")
• Marina Conway character in movie "Blowing Wind"
• Marina Ferrer character on TV's "The L Word"
• Marina Lemke character in movie "The Butcher's Wife"
• Marina Rudd character in movie "The Mirror Crack'd"
• Marina Morrison character in Ena Lamont Stewart's play "Men Should Weep"
• Marina Thwaite character in The Emperor's Children by Claire Messud
• Marina Datillo character on TV's "Arthur"
• Marina Andrieski character on TV's "The Magicians"
• "Marina " song by Dorival Caymmi
• Marina a character from the video game Splatoon 2
• Marina a specially designed harbor with moorings for pleasure craft and small boats.
• "Marina del Rey" song by George Strait

International Variations of the name Marina

• Marine French
• Marna Swedish
• Mariná Slavic
• Marinochka Russian
• Mareeba Swedish