Baby name
CLASSIC
🇩🇪 🇳🇱 🇧🇪 Marinus
/mah · REE · nus/
Meaning
“Of the sea”
Latin original form meaning of the sea; used in the Netherlands and Scandinavia as a formal given name, often shortened to Marin or Rinus.
Nicknames
rinus · marin
Vibe
gentle
How it ages.
Stately and underused; the Latin ending gives it scholarly weight.
The cultural moment.
Traditional in the Netherlands; stable low-frequency use through the 20th century.