Marina (given name)

Marina
Marina Singing Before Pericles, a scene from From Act V, Scene 1 of William Shakespeare's Pericles, Prince of Tyre by Thomas Stothard, 1825.
Pronunciation/məˈriːnə/
GenderFemale
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Related namesMarinus, Marius, Marnie

Marina is a feminine given name. It is the female version of the Roman family name Marinus, which is a form of the Latin name Marius. The meaning of Marius might be connected to Mars, the Roman god of war, or with the Latin word maris, meaning virile. It also later became associated with the Latin word marinus, meaning "of the sea".[1]

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  1. ^ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). Oxford Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press. pp. 184–85. ISBN 0-19-861060-2.
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