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Marina is a female given name, the feminine of Latin Marinus, from ''marinus'' "of the sea", occurring in many European languages as well as Japanese.


Religion

* Saint Marina (disambiguation), name of several Christian saints


Arts

* Marina (Japanese singer) (born 1987) * Marina (Polish singer) (born 1989) * Marina Kaye (born 1998), French singer *
Marina Abramović Marina Abramović ( sr-Cyrl, Марина Абрамовић, ; born November 30, 1946) is a Serbian conceptual and performance artist. Her work explores body art, endurance art, feminist art, the relationship between the performer and audi ...
(born 1946), Serbian performance artist * Marina Berti (1924–2002), Italian film actress * Marina de Tavira (born 1974), Mexican actress *
Marina Diamandis Marina Lambrini Diamandis (; el, Μαρίνα-Λαμπρινή Διαμάντη; born 10 October 1985), known mononymously as Marina (often stylised in all caps), and previously by the stage name Marina and the Diamonds, is a Welsh singer and ...
(born 1985), known as "Marina" and formerly "Marina and the Diamonds", Welsh-Greek singer-songwriter *
Marina Giordana Marina Giordana (Rome, February 20, 1955) is an Italian actress. She is the daughter of actors Marina Berti and Claudio Gora, and the sister of actors Andrea Giordana and Carlo Giordana. Marina began her acting career with a role in the Italia ...
(born 1955), Italian actress * Marina Golbahari (born 1989), Tajik-Afghan actress *
Marina Inoue is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Tokyo, Japan. She is affiliated with Aoni Production. She was signed into Aniplex until 2007. She was chosen out of 2,000 people from the "Gonna be a star" auditions (hosted by Sony Music Entertainment ...
(born 1985), Japanese singer and voice actress * Marina Karella (born 1940), Greek artist * Marina Keegan (1989-2012), American author and playwright *
Marina Khan ''Marina Khan'' (born 26 December 1962) is a Pakistani television and film actress, director and a producer. She was one of the most popular actresses of the 1980s and 1990s. Her television shows include '' Tanhaiyan'' (1986), '' Dhoop Kinare ...
(born 1962), Pakistani TV actress *
Marina Kuroki is a Japanese actress, singer and model best known for her appearances in the ''Sailor Moon'' musicals series. Career She starred in the ''Sailor Moon'' musicals as the lead role of Usagi Tsukino at the age of 12 and finished her ''Sailor Mo ...
(born 1988), Japanese actress and gravure idol *
Marina Lewycka Marina Lewycka ( ; born 12 October 1946) is a British novelist of Ukrainian origin. Early life Lewycka was born in a refugee camp in Kiel after World War II. Her family subsequently moved to England; she now lives in Sheffield, South Yorksh ...
(born 1946), British-Ukrainian novelist * Marina Lima (born 1955), Brazilian singer and songwriter *
Marina Ōno , known by the stage name , is a Japanese voice actress. She has also been known as and . Some of her major roles in anime are: Faury Carat in ''Tristia of the Deep Blue Sea'', Chiaki Nakahara in ''Dai-Guard'', Aihara in ''Angel Links'' and Komo ...
, (born 1972), Japanese voice actress * Marina Orsini (born 1967), Canadian actress * Marina Piccinini (born 1968), Italian American flautist * Marina Pierro (born 1960), Italian actress * Marina Poplavskaya (born 1977), Russian opera singer * Marina Prior (born 1963), Australian singer and actress * Marina Ripa Di Meana (1941–2018), Italian writer, actress, director, stylist and TV personality *
Marina Ruy Barbosa Marina Souza Ruy Barbosa (born 30 June 1995) is a Brazilian actress. She started off her career as a child actress; her first major role was in the telenovela ''Começar de Novo''. In 2006, she portrayed a prominent character in Silvio de Abre ...
(born 1995), Brazilian actress * Marina Salandy-Brown, Trinidadian broadcaster, journalist and cultural activist * Marina Semyonova (1908-2010), Soviet ballerina *
Marina Sirtis Marina Sirtis (; born 29 March 1955) is a British actress. She is best known for her role as Counselor Deanna Troi on the television series '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'' and four ''Star Trek'' feature films, as well as other appearances ...
(born 1955), British-American actress *
Marina Suma Marina Suma (born 14 November 1959) is an Italian actress. Life and career Born in Naples, Suma started her career as a glamour model, and made her film debut in Salvatore Piscicelli's '' Le occasioni di Rosa''. For her performance in this fil ...
(born 1959), Italian actress *
Marina Tsintikidou Marina Tsintikidou ( el, Μαρίνα Τσιντικίδου; born 28 November 1971) is a Greeks, Greek Model (person), fashion model and presenter who has appeared on the covers of numerous Greek fashion magazines such as MAX. She won the title ...
(born 1971), Greek fashion model and TV presenter *
Marina Tsvetaeva Marina Ivanovna Tsvetaeva (russian: Марина Ивановна Цветаева, p=mɐˈrʲinə ɪˈvanəvnə tsvʲɪˈtaɪvə; 31 August 1941) was a Russian poet. Her work is considered among some of the greatest in twentieth century Russia ...
(1892–1941), Russian poet and writer, frequently referred to by her first name *
Marina Tucaković Marina Tucaković ( sr-Cyrl, Марина Туцаковић; 4 November 1953 – 19 September 2021) was a Serbian lyricist and songwriter. Born and raised in Belgrade, Serbia, Tucaković had a degree from the Economic Faculty at the University ...
(1953–2021), Serbian lyricist *
Marina Vlady Marina Vlady (born 10 May 1938) is a French actress. Biography Vlady was born in Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine to White Russian immigrant parents. Her father was an opera singer and her mother was a dancer. Her sisters, now all deceased, were the ac ...
(born 1938), French actress *
Marina Warner Dame Marina Sarah Warner, (born 9 November 1946) is an English historian, mythographer, art critic, novelist and short story writer. She is known for her many non-fiction books relating to feminism and myth. She has written for many publicat ...
(born 1946), English writer, historian and mythographer *
Marina Watanabe is a Japanese actress, singer, and TV-personality. She was born in Ota, Tokyo, Japan, and is currently married to Jun Nagura of the comedy trio Neptune. She is a former Japanese idol singer who is now known as a television commentator and autho ...
(born 1970), Japanese singer and actress


Politics and journalism

* Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent (1906–1968), member of the British Royal family, formerly a Greek princess * Marina Hyde (born 1974), British journalist * Marina Kaljurand (born 1962), Estonian diplomat *
Marina Mahathir Datin Paduka Marina binti Tun Dr. Mahathir (born 9 June 1957) ( Jawi: مرينة بنت محاضر) is a Malaysian socio-political activist and writer. She is the eldest child of the 4th and 7th Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tun Mahathir Mohamad ...
, Malaysian journalist, daughter of Mahathir bin Mohamad *
Marina Mniszech Marina Mniszech, ( pl, Maryna Mniszech; russian: Марина Мнишек, Marina Mnishek, ) also known in Russian lore as Marinka the Witch ( 1588 – 24 December 1614) was a Polish noblewoman who became the Tsaritsa of Russia during the Time ...
(1588–1614), Polish political adventurer * Marina Mukabenova (born 1982), Russian politician * Marina Orgeyeva (born 1959), Russian politician * Marina Ovsyannikova (born 1978), Russian journalist and TV producer *
Marina Silva Maria Osmarina da Silva Vaz de Lima (born 8 February 1958) is a Brazilian politician and environmentalist. She is the founder and former spokeswoman for the Sustainability Network Party (REDE). During her political career, Silva served as a sen ...
(born 1958), Brazilian politician and environmentalist *
Marina Weisband Marina Weisband (born 4 October 1987 in Kyiv) is a German politician. From May 2011 until April 2012 she was a member of the senior leadership of the Pirate Party Germany. In 2018 she joined the Green Party of Germany. Life and career Weisban ...
(born 1987), German politician * Marina van Zyl, South African politician *
Marina Yannakoudakis Marina Yannakoudakis (born 16 April 1956) is a member of the European Economic and Social Committee and a former Conservative Member of the European Parliament for London. She was elected at the 2009 European Parliament election. She lost her sea ...
(born 1956), British politician


Sports

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Marina Akulova Marina Sergeyevna Akulova (russian: Марина Акулова) (born 13 December 1985 in Chelyabinsk) is a volleyball player from Russia, playing as a setter. She was a member of the Women's National Team that won the gold medal at the 2006 FI ...
(born 1985), Russian volleyball player * Marina Canetti (born 1983), Brazilian water polo player *
Marina Dmitrović Marina Dmitrović (born 23 March 1985) is a Serbian handballer for Dunărea Brăila. International honours *EHF Champions League: **''Bronze Medalist'': 2014 *World Championship A world championship is generally an international competitio ...
(born 1985), Serbian handball player *
Marina Erakovic Marina Erakovic ( ; hr, Marina Eraković ; born 6 March 1988) is a retired tennis player from New Zealand. She achieved career-high rankings of 39 in singles and 25 in doubles, and won one singles title, at Memphis in February 2013, and eigh ...
(born 1988), New Zealand tennis player * Marina Granovskaia (born 1975), Russian-Canadian director of
Chelsea Football Club Chelsea Football Club is an English professional football club based in Fulham, West London. Founded in 1905, they play their home games at Stamford Bridge. The club competes in the Premier League, the top division of English football. ...
* Marina Karaflou (born 1980), Greek shooter * Marina Khan (bowls) (born 1965), New Zealand bowls player *
Marina Kiehl Marina Kiehl (born 12 January 1965) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Germany. Career Competing for West Germany in the 1980s, Kiehl gained her first World Cup victory in a Super-G competition in March 1984 in Quebec. She won season t ...
(born 1965), German skier and Olympic gold medalist *
Marina Klimova Marina Vladimirovna Klimova (russian: Марина Владимировна Климова; born 28 July 1966) is a former competitive ice dancer who competed for the Soviet Union and the Unified Team. With skating partner and husband Se ...
(born 1966), Russian figure skater * Marina Kuptsova (born 1981), Russian high jumper * Marina Maljković (born 1981), Serbian basketball coach * Marina Malpica (born 2000), Mexican rhythmic gymnast * Marina Radu (born 1984), Canadian water polo player *
Marina Rajčić Marina Rajčić née Vukčević, (born 24 August 1993) is a Montenegrin handball goalkeeper for Siófok KC and the Montenegrin national team. She is married to Vladimir Rajčić. Achievements *Montenegrin Championship: **''Winner'': 2010, 2011 ...
(born 1993), Montenegrin handball player * Marina Sheshenina (born 1985), Russian volleyball player * Marina Tumas (born 1981), Belarusian volleyball player * Marina Vasarmidou (born 1972), Greek sprinter


Others

* Marina, better known as '
La Malinche Marina or Malintzin ( 1500 – 1529), more popularly known as La Malinche , a Nahua woman from the Mexican Gulf Coast, became known for contributing to the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire (1519–1521), by acting as an interpreter, ad ...
,' was the Nahua interpreter, advisor, and paramour of Hernán Cortés (d. 1529) * Marina Galina, Venetian dogaressa (d. 1420) *
Marina Nani Marina Nani (circa 1400–1473) was a Dogaressa of Venice by marriage to the Doge Francesco Foscari Francesco Foscari (19 June 1373 – 1 November 1457) was the 65th Doge of the Republic of Venice from 1423 to 1457. His reign, the longest of all ...
, Venetian dogaressa (d.1473) * Marina Orlova (born 1980), Russian internet celebrity with the show on YouTube, ''HotForWords'' * Marina Papaelia, Greek-Egyptian Miss World contestant * Marina Oswald Porter (born 1941), former widow of Lee Harvey Oswald, the presumed assassin of U.S. President John F. Kennedy *
Marina Raskova Marina Mikhaylovna Raskova ( rus, Мари́на Миха́йловна Раско́ва, , mɐˈrʲinə mʲɪˈxajləvnə rɐˈskovə; née Malinina; 28 March 1912 – 4 January 1943) was the first woman in the Soviet Union to achieve the diploma ...
(1912-1943), Russian Navigator


Fictional characters

* Marina, the daughter of the leading character Prince Pericles of Tyre in the play ''
Pericles, Prince of Tyre ''Pericles, Prince of Tyre'' is a Jacobean play written at least in part by William Shakespeare and included in modern editions of his collected works despite questions over its authorship, as it was not included in the First Folio. It was p ...
'' (1608) by
William Shakespeare William Shakespeare ( 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's nation ...
and (probably)
George Wilkins George Wilkins (died 1618) was an English dramatist and pamphleteer best known for his probable collaboration with William Shakespeare on the play ''Pericles, Prince of Tyre''. By profession he was an inn-keeper, but he was also apparently invo ...
* Marina, title character in
George Lillo George Lillo (3 February 1691 – 4 September 1739) was an English playwright and tragedian. He was also a jeweller in London. He produced his first stage work, ''Silvia, or The Country Burial'', in 1730, and a year later his most famous play, ...
's play '' Marina'' (1738), based on the preceding * Marina (aka "Number Seven"), one of the main protagonists in the ''
Lorien Legacies ''Lorien Legacies'' is a series of young adult science fiction books, written by James Frey, Jobie Hughes, and formerly, Greg Boose, under the collective pseudonym Pittacus Lore. Lorien Legacies ''I am Number Four'' The first book of The ...
'' series by Pittacus Lore * Marina, an octopus villager from the video game series ''
Animal Crossing is a social simulation video game series developed and published by Nintendo. The series was conceptualized and created by Katsuya Eguchi and Hisashi Nogami. In ''Animal Crossing'', the player character is a human who lives in a village inhab ...
'' * Marina Liteyears, the main protagonist of Treasure's ''
Mischief Makers ''Mischief Makers'', released in Japan as , is a side-scrolling platform game developed for the Nintendo 64 gaming console by Treasure, and published in 1997 by Enix in Japan and by Nintendo internationally. The player assumes the role of Ma ...
'' video game * Marina, the young mermaid in the TV series '' Stingray'' * Marina, title character in telenovela ''Marina'' *
Marina Ismail This is a list of fictional characters from the Japanese anime television series, ''Mobile Suit Gundam 00'', the eleventh incarnation of the ''Gundam'' media franchise. Celestial Being Gundam Meisters The series focuses on the four Gundam (fi ...
, a Middle-Eastern princess from the anime ''
Mobile Suit Gundam 00 is a Japanese anime television series, the eleventh installment in Sunrise (company), Sunrise studio's long-running ''Gundam'' franchise comprising two seasons. The series is set on a futuristic Earth and is centered on the exploits of the f ...
'' * Marina (Peggle), one of the Peggle Masters that was first seen in '' Peggle Nights'' * Marina, a main character in the Nickelodeon TV series '' The Fresh Beat Band'' and its spin-off ''
Fresh Beat Band of Spies ''Fresh Beat Band of Spies'' is an animated children's television series originally airing on Nickelodeon and the Nick Jr. Channel. It is a spin-off of Nickelodeon's live-action series ''The Fresh Beat Band''. The show was created by Nadine van ...
'' * Princess Marina, the seventh and youngest mermaid in the 1975 animated film '' Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid'' *
Marina Ferrer This list of ''The L Word'' characters is sorted by last name (where possible), and includes both major and minor characters from the American drama ''The L Word''. A * Felicity Adams: Lesbian, portrayed by Latarsha Rose. ''Generation Q'' ** Ex ...
, a minor character in ''
The L Word ''The L Word'' is a television drama that aired on Showtime from January 18, 2004 to March 8, 2009. The series follows the lives of a group of lesbian and bisexual women who live in West Hollywood, California. The premise originated with Ilene ...
''. Jenny Schechter's first lesbian relationship in the show takes place with this character * Marina Green, a '' Fishtronaut'' character * Marina Cooper Lewis, a character on the television soap opera '' Guiding Light'' * Marina, one of the members of the fictional band Off The Hook from the video game ''
Splatoon 2 is a 2017 third-person shooter game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch. It was released on July 21, 2017, and is a direct sequel to ''Splatoon'', which includes a new story-driven single-player mode and various onl ...
'', the other being Pearl * Marina Tsukishima, a staff member at CiRCLE in the anime ''
BanG Dream! ''BanG Dream!'', also known as , is a Japanese music media franchise owned by Bushiroad. Created by Bushiroad president Takaaki Kidani in January 2015 with original story by Kō Nakamura, the project began as a manga before e ...
'' and in the game '' BanG Dream! Girls Band Party!'' * Marina (aka "Water Pirate"), a mermaid pirate in the Disney Junior animated series ''
Jake and the Never Land Pirates ''Jake and the Never Land Pirates'' (titled ''Captain Jake and the Never Land Pirates'' for the fourth season and associated merchandise) is an American animated musical and interactive preschool children's television series shown on Disney Junior ...
'' * Marina, the water-talent fairy in the shutdown online game ''
Pixie Hollow Pixie Hollow is a character meet and greet attraction at Disneyland and Hong Kong Disneyland, offering guests the opportunity to meet Tinker Bell and her friends from the Disney Fairies franchise, including: Vidia, Terrence, Fawn, Rosetta, Silve ...
'' and the TV special ''
Pixie Hollow Games ''Pixie Hollow Games'' is a 30-minute television special broadcast on November 19, 2011, on Disney Channel. Based on the '' Disney Fairies'' franchise, it was produced by DisneyToon Studios and animated by Prana Studios. It features the voices of ...
'' * Marina, an NPC ''(Non-Player Character)'' in Hypixel's MMORPG gamemode, ''Skyblock'' * Marina, an anthropomorphic penguin who is a love interest to Hubie in the 1995 animated film ''
The Pebble and the Penguin ''The Pebble and the Penguin'' is a 1995 Irish-American independent animated film directed by Don Bluth and Gary Goldman. The film stars the voices of Martin Short, Jim Belushi, Tim Curry, and Annie Golden. Based on the true life mating rituals o ...
'' * Marina, one of the Mermaids of Whitecap Bay in the 2011 film '' Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Marina Feminine given names Latin feminine given names Romanian feminine given names Slavic feminine given names Italian feminine given names Russian feminine given names Ukrainian feminine given names English feminine given names Portuguese feminine given names Spanish feminine given names Pakistani feminine given names Polish feminine given names Belarusian feminine given names Serbian feminine given names Japanese feminine given names Greek feminine given names Sammarinese given names