Marin
A boys’ name of Latin origin, meaning of the sea; from marinus.
Marin by the numbers
In 2025, 5 babies in England and Wales were named Marin. In the US, 171 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 324 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Marin. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Martinof mars; warlike1,276 in the US (2017)
- Marioof Mars; warlike; a form of Marius1,129 in the US (2017)
- Marvinfamous friend483 in the US (2017)
- Marionof the sea; a form of Mary216 in the US (2017)
- Marianof Mary; relating to the Virgin Mary195 in the US (2017)
- Marlinlake bird or fish; a form of Merlin95 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Marin
Names that are said the same way as Marin, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean the sea
Like Marin, each of these has the sea in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Marin
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