Merina
A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning of the sea; a form of Marina.
Merina by the numbers
In 2025, 4 babies in England and Wales were named Merina. In the US, 8 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 England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 19 babies in 1998, making it a 1990s name.
Other names that come from Marina
Like Merina, each of these traces back to Marina: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Merina. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean the sea
Like Merina, each of these has the sea in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Dylanson of the sea10,158 in the US (2017)
- Kaisea672 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mariaof the sea; a form of Mary522 in England and Wales (2025)
- Marystar of the sea; beloved2,381 in the US (2017)
- Morgansea-born; great and bright2,273 in the US (2017)
- Mariahof the sea; a form of Maria1,604 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Merina
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