Marina
[məˈriː.nə]Meaning
feminine form of Marinus, from Latin marinus, "of the sea"
Background Story
Marina is the feminine form of Marinus, from the Latin marinus, meaning "of the sea"; Wiktionary also records it as possibly a variant of Maria. Behind the Name records the name as borne by a few early saints, and as the name by which Saint Margaret of Antioch is known in the Eastern Orthodox Church. It is used in Armenian, Belarusian, French, Galician, Polish, Slovak and Ukrainian.
Related Names
Marine
French, Armenian and Georgian form of Marina
Maryn
No meaning is documented in the sources checked
Mirren
A Scottish surname, also recorded as a Scottish feminine given name
Oceana
A feminine given name recorded in English, where it is rare
Oceane
French female given name meaning "from the ocean"
Aquana
Azura
Elaboration of Azure
Glacia
Recorded as a rare modern English feminine given name
Marea
Catalan and Spanish word for the tide, from Latin.
Mariel
Diminutive of Maria, from Mary plus the suffix -el