Baby name
FADING
🇧🇷 🇫🇷 Marinete
/mah · ree · NEH · teh/
Meaning
“Of the sea”
Diminutive of Marina via French Marinette; arrived in Brazil through European immigration and mid-century French cultural influence.
Nicknames
mari · nete
Vibe
elegant
How it ages.
Sounds firmly mid-century; the diminutive ending dates it.
The cultural moment.
Common in Brazil from the 1940s through 1960s; rarely used today.