Marina
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About Marina
This pretty sea-born name was used to dramatic effect by Shakespeare in his play Pericles for the virtuous princess who says she is "Call'd Marina, for I was born at sea."
Marina was an epithet of Venus, and there was more than one saint of that name. It was used in Britain from as early as the fourteenth century.
Although it reached as high as Number 219 in 1994, Marina never had the trendy feel of cousins Melissa and Marissa. It's now very popular in Spain.
A prominent current bearer is Marina Abramovic, widely publicized New York-based Serbian performance artist. And actor Matt LeBlanc chose the name for his daughter, Marina Pearl.
Pronounced Ma-REEN-a.
As of October 2026, Marina ranked #602 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #218 in 1994, Nameberry popularity #161.
Editor's take: The name Marina is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "from the sea".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #655 | 436 | 244.1 |
| 2015 | #658 | 437 | 244.8 |
| 2016 | #681 | 432 | 243.8 |
| 2017 | #716 | 402 | 232.8 |
| 2018 | #683 | 429 | 252.2 |
| 2019 | #690 | 421 | 250.8 |
| 2020 | #704 | 399 | 246.8 |
| 2021 | #717 | 399 | 243.2 |
| 2022 | #643 | 458 | 279.2 |
| 2023 | #572 | 520 | 324.1 |
| 2024 | #640 | 461 | 284.5 |
| 2025 | #602 | 488 | 303.6 |
World rankings
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Marina on lists
Famous Marinas
- Marina
Princess of Greece & Denmark, Duchess of Kent, wife of Britain's Prince George
- Marina Petrovna Golitsyna
Princess of Russia; great,granddaughter of Tsar Nicholas I
- Marina Abramović
Serbian,American performance artist
- Marina Teresa Squerciati
American Actress
- Marina Lambrini Diamandis
Welsh singer of Marina and the Diamonds
- Marina Vyacheslavovna Anissina
French,Russian Olympic ice dancer
- Marina Erakovic
New Zealand tennis player
- Marina Ginesta
Catalan Communist militant during the Spanish Civil War
- Marina Ann Hantzis
birth name of American actress Sasha Grey
- Marina Inoue
Japanese voice actress
- Marina Evelyn Keegan
American essayist
- Marina Sirtis
British,American actress
- Marina Ivanovna Tsvetaeva
Russian poet
- Marina Tucakovic
Serbian songwriter
- Marina Viskovic
Serbian singer
- Marina Zivkovic
Serbian singer
- Marina Nery
Brazilian model
- Marina Torlonia dei Principi di Civitella
Cesi, Italian,American grandmother of actress Brooke Shields
- Marina Louise Bukowski
only child of novelist Charles Bukowski
- Marina Victoria Alexandra Ogilvy
daughter of Britain's Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy; great,granddaughter of King George V
- Marina Charlotte Alexandra Katharine Helen Windsor
b. 1992, daughter of George Windsor, Earl of St Andrews
- Marina Pearl LeBlanc
b. 2004, daughter of actor Matt LeBlanc
- Marina Corwin (b. 2008)
daughter of biologist and TV personality Jeff Corwin
- Marina Irodova (b. 2009)
daughter of singer Yegor Irodov
- Marina Malpica
Mexican rhythmic gymnast
Marina in pop culture
- Marina
character in "Exodus" by Leon Uris
- Marina
character in Shakespeare's "Pericles, Prince of Tyre" ("Call'd Marina/For I was born at sea.")
- Marina Conway
character in movie "Blowing Wind"
- Marina Ferrer
character on TV's "The L Word"
- Marina Lemke
character in movie "The Butcher's Wife"
- Marina Rudd
character in movie "The Mirror Crack'd"
- Marina Morrison
character in Ena Lamont Stewart's play "Men Should Weep"
- Marina Thwaite
character in The Emperor's Children by Claire Messud
- Marina Datillo
character on TV's "Arthur"
- Marina Andrieski
character on TV's "The Magicians"
- "Marina
" song by Dorival Caymmi
- Marina
a character from the video game Splatoon 2
- Marina
a specially designed harbor with moorings for pleasure craft and small boats.
- "Marina del Rey"
song by George Strait
- Marina Anchors
character from “Lalaloopsy”
Variations & nicknames
- MarineFrench
- MarnaSwedish
- MarináSlavic
- MarinochkaRussian
- MareebaSwedish