Marinda
Feminine
This sits between two names that mean quite different things. Miranda is a Latin gerundive about being wondered at; Marina is an adjective about the sea. Marinda is a letter from each and could descend from either, which means the difference between admiration and saltwater comes down to one vowel.
How old is the name Marinda?
Marinda first appears in US birth records in 1881 — 144 years ago. The typical Marinda alive today was born around 1976, making them about 49 years old. About 1,400 people named Marinda are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Marinda most popular?
Marinda peaked in 1882, reaching #596 nationally. See the whole 1882 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Miranda to Marinda
The story of Marinda
The sea in one of those parents is a word English still has, hidden. Latin mare is cognate with the Germanic word that gives English mere — a lake or a pool, surviving in Windermere and in a few poetic uses — and with the mar in mermaid and marsh. So a Latin word for the sea and an English word for a small inland lake are the same ancient term, applied to bodies of water at opposite ends of the scale by two languages that separated before either had seen the other's.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Two possible parents with unrelated meanings, and the record does not distinguish them. Neither reading can be offered with confidence.
How the name formed
- Miranda
- Marinda
Pronouncing Marinda
muh-RIN-duh
Three syllables with the stress in the middle. The opening is unstressed and reduces, which is why the first vowel can be spelled two ways.
Nicknames for Marinda
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1881
- Most girls named
- 198048 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #596reached in 1882
- Change vs 2009
- −33.3%6 in 2014, from 9
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Marindas among us
people named Marinda are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Marinda sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- The rhythm is even and the name is comfortable to say at speed.
- It sits close to two well-liked names without being either.
- The spelling follows the sound with nothing to explain.
- Miranda and Marinda get confused constantly in writing.
- No meaning can be given, because two unrelated parents are possible.
- The generation that used it is now very old.
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Frequently asked
- How many Marindas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,400 people named Marinda are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Marinda in 2025?
- Marinda is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Marinda with classmates?
- Marinda will almost certainly be the only one in school.
More M names
The most-given names starting with M, all years combined.
Mary#125 · Margaret#112 · Michelle#465 · Melissa#419 · Maria#87 · Martha#712 · Marie#617 · Mildred#1962
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