Marina
From the Latin for "of the sea". It stays rare in Poland: fewer than 4,000 women carry it, so most Poles have never met one.
Marina Pronunciation
Marina is pronounced mah-REE-nah (/maˈrina/).
What Marina means
Where Marina comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Marina comes from Latin, from marinus, the adjective for anything belonging to the sea. Mare meant sea, and marina meant simply "of the sea." The same root sits inside English words like marine and maritime, so the sense travels well past Poland.
In Polish records the name keeps close company with its variant Maryna, a form that reads a little older and more rural. A girl named Marina and a woman named Maryna may share one origin while sounding centuries apart. On a school register the two forms can sit a few lines from each other.
The sea in the name is literal, not decorative. Marina does not mean calm or beauty; it means belonging to the water, morska in Polish. Later readers have tied it to saints and to seaside towns, yet the Latin adjective stays plain underneath.
Short and even. It ends where it began, with mare, the sea.
How many people are named Marina
1 in 6034 women in Poland is named Marina. 3,736 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #547 among female names.
Marina's popularity over time
20 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #513 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2001.
Where parents choose Marina
Marina is most popular in Pomeranian, 78% above the national average (17 girls born 2019–2025), followed by Łódź (+58%) and Masovian (+44%). It is least common in Lublin and Kuyavian-Pomeranian, 70% and 58% below average respectively.
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Pomeranian
+78%1 in 8,666 babies
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Łódź
+58%1 in 9,748 babies
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Masovian
+44%1 in 10,735 babies
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Lublin
−70%1 in 51,338 babies
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Kuyavian-Pomeranian
−58%1 in 36,460 babies
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Lesser Poland
−46%1 in 28,365 babies
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Pomeranian+78% 17 born1 in 8,666 babies+78%
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Łódź+58% 13 born1 in 9,748 babies+58%
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Masovian+44% 33 born1 in 10,735 babies+44%
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Greater Poland+36% 19 born1 in 11,329 babies+36%
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Opole+34% 4 born1 in 11,524 babies+34%
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Lower Silesian+28% 13 born1 in 12,087 babies+28%
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Holy Cross+11% 4 born1 in 13,858 babies+11%
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Warmian-Masurian−14% 4 born1 in 17,948 babies−14%
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West Pomeranian−27% 4 born1 in 21,106 babies−27%
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Subcarpathian−36% 5 born1 in 24,113 babies−36%
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Lubusz−38% 2 born1 in 24,829 babies−38%
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Silesian−39% 9 born1 in 25,287 babies−39%
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Lesser Poland−46% 8 born1 in 28,365 babies−46%
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Kuyavian-Pomeranian−58% 3 born1 in 36,460 babies−58%
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Lublin−70% 2 born1 in 51,338 babies−70%
Marina as a middle name
Marina is a first name for 3,736 women in Poland and a middle name for another 242, a 94/6 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 436th, between Claire (243) and Dolores (241).
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#434 Lesława244
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#435 Claire243
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#436 Marina242
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#437 Dolores241
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#438 Marita239