Given name
Marinette
“woman of the sea”
In French use, Marinette is a diminutive of Marina. One Latin interpretation is “woman of the sea.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In French use, Marinette is a diminutive of Marina. One Latin interpretation is “woman of the sea.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In French use, Marinette is a diminutive of Marina. An origin associated with Marina is Late Latin.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In French usage, Marinette is a diminutive of Marina. In French usage, Marinette is a diminutive of Marine.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1961. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Marinette through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 101
- 0 boys · 101 girls
- Most popular year
- 2021
- 15 babies
- 2025
- 10
- #9,870 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +91%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 9,870 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 249 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.
Marinette’s family of names
In French usage, Marinette is a diminutive of Marina. In French usage, Marinette is a diminutive of Marine.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Marinette
- Marinette PichonAssociation footballer wuilmer Deveraborn 1975
- Marinette Yetnamember of parliament in Cameroon1965–2021
Characters named Marinette: Marinette Dupain-Cheng (character and female protagonist of Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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