Meaning of the nameMarine
- Female
- Latin origin
- French origin
- Ma-ri-ne
Marine is a feminine name, the French form of Marina, feminine of Latin Marinus, probably 'of the sea'.
Meaning
“French form of Marina, feminine of Marinus, probably 'of the sea'”
Source: Wiktionary: Marinus
- People (2022)
- 2,231
- Rank in Brazil
- #4,751
- Median age
- 27 years
- 2010 Census
- 1,966
- people
Marine in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Marine, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1990s (554 people).
2,200 women 31 men
Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.
Where the name Marine is most common
States with the highest share of people named Marine in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Bahia 0.002%
- Rio Grande do Sul 0.002%
- Santa Catarina 0.001%
- Paraná 0.001%
- Minas Gerais 0.001%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 346 | 0.001% |
| Bahia | 321 | 0.002% |
| Minas Gerais | 229 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 183 | 0.002% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 141 | 0.001% |
| Paraná | 138 | 0.001% |
| Santa Catarina | 107 | 0.001% |
| Maranhão | 84 | 0.001% |
| Goiás | 77 | 0.001% |
| Ceará | 66 | 0.001% |
| Pernambuco | 60 | 0.001% |
| Alagoas | 52 | 0.002% |
| Mato Grosso | 49 | 0.001% |
| Amazonas | 45 | 0.001% |
| Sergipe | 43 | 0.002% |
| Pará | 42 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 39 | 0.001% |
| Espírito Santo | 34 | 0.001% |
| Distrito Federal | 29 | 0.001% |
| Paraíba | 28 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 28 | 0.001% |
| Piauí | 25 | 0.001% |
| Rondônia | 18 | 0.001% |
| Acre | 17 | 0.002% |
| Tocantins | 15 | 0.001% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Marine
Behind the Name gives Marine as the French, Armenian and Georgian form of Marina, and Marina as the feminine of the Latin name Marinus. Wiktionary links Marinus to the Latin adjective marinus, 'of the sea', derived from mare, and also records a competing origin, in Aramaic marā, 'lord'. The meaning is therefore that of the name from which Marine derives. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,231 people named Marine, with a median age of 27; proportionally, it is most common in Bahia.
Sources
- Behind the Name: Marine · behindthename.com · origin
- Behind the Name: Marina · behindthename.com · origin
- Wiktionary: Marinus · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Marine · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
Questions about the name Marine
What does the name Marine mean?
Marine means “French form of Marina, feminine of Marinus, probably 'of the sea'”, according to Wiktionary.
How many people are named Marine in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,231 people with the first name Marine, which ranks it number 4,751 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.
Is Marine a boy's or a girl's name?
Marine is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 2,200 women and 31 men had this name.
What is the origin of the name Marine?
Marine is a name of Latin and French origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.
In which Brazilian state is Marine most common?
Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.002% of the state's population is named Marine (321 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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