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Marina

Meaning

Means "of the sea".

Origin and History

  • · From Latin marinus, "of the sea". Saint Marina of Antioch is venerated in both Eastern and Western Christian traditions.
  • · It is one of the few names in the catalogue taken directly from a natural element — the sea — rather than a virtue or lineage.

Traits and personality

In Pythagorean numerology, D, M and V are initials of the number 4: it's read as practical and hardworking, more comfortable building step by step than improvising. This is a numerology reading, not an exact science — character is shaped by life, not by a name.

Initial
M
Syllables
3

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