Given name

Marína

“of the sea”

Marína is a feminine given name. It is used in Slovak.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Marína is a romanization of Марина. Марина goes back to a word meaning “of the sea.”

Explained through its name family

Where it comes from

Marína is a romanization of Марина. Марина comes from Latin.

Explained through its name family

Marína’s family of names

In Slovak usage, Marína has a diminutive in Marínka. In Czech usage, Marína has a conventional equivalent in the German form Marina. In Icelandic usage, Marína has a conventional equivalent in the French form Marine.

Walk Marína’s family in the name graph

MarínaМаринаMãrinaMarínočkaMarínkaMarinaMarineMarynaΜαρίνα

Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Around the world

Marína has relatives in 4 languages.

Slovak

5 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Nicknames & forms 2

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 2

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 4

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

If you love Marína, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Nature

Mareina

“woman of the sea”

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

Nature

Marila

“of the shining sea”

No U.S. birth series

1% boys · 99% girls

Nature

Manycka

“her mind is a jewel”

No U.S. birth series

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Mulana

“resembling a magnolia blossom”

No U.S. birth series

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Mytena

“born beneath the new moon”

No U.S. birth series

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Nature

Marusya

“star of the sea” · “from the sea of bitterness”

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

Nature

Mäntylä

“pine tree”

No U.S. birth series

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Nature

Manlea

“from the man's meadow; from the hero's meadow”

No U.S. birth series

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Marína’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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