Marina

Marina

See also: marina, mariná, Marína, and mariña

English

Etymology

Name of an early virgin martyr venerated in the Orthodox Church, Latin Marina, probably a feminine form of Marinus, from marinus (“of the sea”), or a variant of Maria.

Proper noun

Marina

1. A female given name.
   • ~1594 William Shakespeare: Pericles: Act III, Scene III:

     My gentle babe Marina - whom, / for she was born at sea, I have nam'd so -

Translations

female given name

Arabic: مارينا‎ Armenian: Մարինա (Marina) Belarusian: Марына (Maryna) Bulgarian: Марина (Marina) Cherokee: ᎹᏫᎾ (mawina) Chuvash: Марине (Marine) Classical Syriac: ܡܐܪܝܢܐ‎ Czech: Marina Danish: Marina Estonian: Marina Finnish: Marina (fi) French: Marina (fr) Galician: Mariña (gl) f Georgian: მარინა (marina) German: Marina (de) Greek: Μαρίνα (el) (Marína) Mycenaean: 𐀔𐀪𐀙 (ma-ri-na) Hawaiian: Malina

Hebrew: מרינה‎ (he) Hindi: मरीना (hi) (marīnā) Inuktitut: ᒪᕆᓇ (marina) Italian: Marina (it) Japanese: マリナ (marina), まりな (marina), 満里奈 (marina) Korean: 마리나 (marina) Latin: Marina Latvian: Marina f Macedonian: Марина (Marina) Portuguese: Marina (pt) f Romanian: Marina Russian: Мари́на (ru) (Marína) Spanish: Marina (es) Swedish: Marina Thai: มารีนา (maareenaa) Urdu: مرینا‎ Yakut: Марыына (Marıına)

Anagrams

• Ariman, Marian, Ramani, airman, amiRNA, amirna

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmarɪna]

Proper noun

Marina f

1. A female given name, cognate to English Marina.

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Danish

Etymology

From Latin Marina in the Middle Ages.

Proper noun

Marina

1. A female given name.

Related terms

• male given name: Marinus

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Estonian

Etymology

From the Latin saint's name Marina, also interpreted as a variant of Maria.

Proper noun

Marina

1. A female given name.
2. A transliteration of the Russian female given name Мари́на (Marína) (common among Russian speaking Estonians).

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Finnish

Proper noun

Marina

1. Essive singular form of Mari.

Anagrams

• Marian, marain, raamin, ramina, rimana

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French

Etymology

From Latin Marina. A Latinate variant of the French Marine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.ʁi.na/

Proper noun

Marina

1. A female given name.

Anagrams

• marnai, ranima

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German

Proper noun

Marina

1. A female given name, cognate to English Marina.

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Latvian

Etymology

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1721. From Latin Marina, or a variant of Marija (“Mary”).

Proper noun

Marina f

1. A female given name.
2. A transliteration of the Russian female given name Мари́на (Marína).

References

• Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
• Population Register of Latvia: Marina was the only given name of 9544 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010, including Russian speakers.

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Marīna.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.ˈɾi.nɐ/
• Homophone: marina

Proper noun

Marina f

1. A female given name, equivalent to English Marina

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Marin +‎ -a

Proper noun

Marína f

1. A female given name.
2. A town near Trogir, Croatia.

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Spanish

Proper noun

Marina (f)

1. A female given name, cognate to English Marina.

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Swedish

Etymology

First recorded in Sweden in 1304. From the Latin saint's name Marina.

Proper noun

Marina c (genitive Marinas)

1. A female given name.