Merina
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- muh-REE-nuh
- Origin
- Latin
Merina is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “of the sea”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Merina mean?
Latin: variant of Marina
“of the sea”
Is Merina a girl's or a boy's name?
Merina is a girls' name.
How popular is Merina in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1998, with 19 girls. It first appears in the records in 1965.
Half of all the girls named Merina in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
Merina in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 15 | #6,802 |
| 1999 | 16 | #6,185 |
| 1998 | 19 | #5,359 |
| 1997 | 13 | #6,839 |
| 1996 | 15 | #6,059 |
| 1995 | 14 | #6,252 |
| 1994 | 15 | #5,978 |
| 1993 | 17 | #5,413 |
| 1992 | 14 | #6,307 |
| 1991 | 10 | #7,980 |
| 1990 | 13 | #6,459 |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,348 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 8 | #7,396 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,386 |
| 1970 | 5 | #7,994 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,538 |
Names like Merina
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Miranda Mariana Serena Paulina Montana Tiana Mckenna Camila Marissa Amanda Makayla Melina
Names related to Merina
More Latin names
Oliver Olivia Leo Roman Aurora Emily Florence Mabel Luna Nora Rosie Emilia Max Nova Lucy Julian
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Merina: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/merina, updated 20 October 2026.