Marina is a girl's name of Italian origin meaning “of the sea.” In 2024 it was given to 461 girls in the United States.
Marina belongs to the Italian tradition. Its meaning — “of the sea” — is the sense carried by its Italian roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page. It travels in a few spellings: Marius.
In the United States, Marina first appears in Social Security records in 1886. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #218 in 1994, and in 2024 461 babies received the name — 39,021 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Marina means “of the sea” in its Italian roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Marina is a girl name. In 2024, 461 babies received the name in the US.
Marina comes from the Italian tradition. It is also spelled Marius.
Marina first appears in US records in 1886. Its best-ever ranking was #218 in 1994, and 461 babies were given the name in 2024.
Marina is pronounced /məˈɹiːnə/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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