Marina

Marina is a feminine given name of Latin origin, derived from the word marinus, meaning of the sea. It was borne by a semi-legendary 5th-century Christian saint, and the name spread widely across Europe through the influence of the medieval church. The name is used across an exceptionally broad range of languages and traditions, appearing in essentially identical form throughout Romance, Germanic, Slavic, and Baltic languages. Closely related forms include Marína in Slovak and Mariña in Galician, while the masculine cognate is Marino.