Marina comes from the Latin marinus and means "of the sea"; it was the name of a 4th-century martyr and has been used across Europe for centuries. In Spanish, Italian and Russian it is a classic, and in English it is also the word for a boat harbor. Marina ranked number 350 in the United States in 2000, peaked at number 335 in 2001 and has settled at number 602 in 2025.