Given name
Marinda
“woman of the sea”
Marinda is a variant of Marina. One Latin interpretation is “woman of the sea.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Marinda is a variant of Marina. One Latin interpretation is “woman of the sea.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Marinda is a variant of Marina. An origin associated with Marina is Late Latin.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1881. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Marinda through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,714
- 0 boys · 1,714 girls
- Most popular year
- 1980
- 48 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2014. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 48 in 1980. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,537 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Marinda’s family of names
Marinda has a related form in Marina.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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