Marin

Where Marin comes from

The county was either named after Chief Marin, of the Coast Miwok tribe, or derived from the Spanish name of its eastern bay known as Bahía de Nuestra Señora del Rosario la Marinera in 1775.
— Wiktionary's entry for Marin
  • Serbo-Croatian
Marin through the years
  1. 1588
    Marin Mersenne born
    French theologian, philosopher, mathematician and music theorist, often referred to as the "father of acoustics"
  2. 1943
    First appearance
    #4,196 among girls with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1969
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
  4. 1988
    Marin Čilić born
    Croatian tennis player
  5. 2004
    Peak, #835
    295 babies named Marin, its best rank.
  6. 2020
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,781.
In the dictionary
  • The place name of a county of 252,409 in northern California (see Marin County).
  • A male given name from Serbo-Croatian.
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Marin Mersenne · French theologian, philosopher, mathematician and music theorist, often referred to as the "father of acoustics", 1588–1648
  • Marin Čilić · Croatian tennis player, born 1988
  • Marin Marais · French composer and viol player, 1656–1728
  • Marin Pongračić · Croatian association football player, born 1997
  • Marin Hinkle · American actress, born 1966

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.