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Марина
“of the sea”
Марина (Marína) is a feminine given name from Latin. It is used in Russian, Ukrainian, and Macedonian.
Bulgarian and Macedonian and Russian and UkrainianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Marina.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Ukrainian usage, Марина is a feminine form of Marinus.
Марина’s family of names
In Russian usage, Марина has a diminutive in Ма́ра. In Ukrainian usage, Марина is a feminine form of Marinus. In Macedonian usage, Марина has a conventional equivalent in the English form Marina.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Марина has relatives in 9 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
10 related names in 9 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Марина
- Marina TsvetaevaRussian poet (1892 – 1941)
- Maryna PoroshenkoFirst Lady of Ukraineborn 1962
- Maryna AleksiyivaUkrainian synchronised swimmerborn 2001
- Maryna Er GorbachUkrainian film directorborn 1981
- Maryna LazebnaUkrainian politicianborn 1975
- Maryna TkachenkoUkrainian olympic basketball playerborn 1965
- Marina StepnovaRussian writer and poetborn 1971
- Mari KraimbreryUkrainian-born Russian singer-songwriterborn 1992
- Maryna CherniakUkrainian judokaborn 1988
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Марина, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Reseda
“resembling the mignonette flower”
5% boys · 95% girls
Proserpio
“meadow”
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Florianne
“flower”
1% boys · 99% girls
Ávila
“bird”
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Restituta
“returned by the sea”
3% boys · 97% girls
Florencjusz
“flower”
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Fleuri
“flower”
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Escarís
“ash tree; spear”
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