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'''Mar'''. Spanish and Portuguese word meaning "sea". Can also be a shortening of names such as Marie, Marius, Marco, etc. US SSA data shows about 556 people with this name, used as a feminine name 74% of the time.<ref>https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/M/MA/MAR/index.html</ref> Notable nonbinary people with this name include historian [[Mar Hicks]]. Keywords: ocean, one syllable, sea, rare, water. | '''Mar'''. Spanish and Portuguese word meaning "sea". Can also be a shortening of names such as Marie, Marius, Marco, etc. US SSA data shows about 556 people with this name, used as a feminine name 74% of the time.<ref>https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/M/MA/MAR/index.html</ref> Notable nonbinary people with this name include historian [[Mar Hicks]]. Keywords: ocean, one syllable, sea, rare, water. | ||
'''Marijn'''. Dutch. Derived from the masculine name Marinus, which in turn comes from the Latin word ''marinus'', meaning "of the sea." According to the Meertens Institute, in the Netherlands, as of 2014, it was used as a masculine firstname | '''Marijn'''. Dutch. Derived from the masculine name Marinus, which in turn comes from the Latin word ''marinus'', meaning "of the sea." According to the Meertens Institute, in the Netherlands, as of 2014, it was used as a masculine firstname 78.7% of the time and as a feminine firstname 21.3% of the time.<ref>https://www.behindthename.com/name/marijn</ref><ref>https://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nvb/naam/is/marijn</ref> | ||
'''Marin'''. French, Romanian, Croatian, Serbian, Bulgarian and Macedonian. In Croatia and France, this is a masculine name, but in the Netherlands and the US, it is more often feminine. From the Dutch masculine name Marinus, from the ancient Roman family name Marinus. Meaning "Of the sea" in Latin.<ref>https://www.behindthename.com/name/marin</ref><ref>https://www.behindthename.com/name/marinus</ref> US SSA data shows about 5,138 people with this name, used as a feminine name 85% of the time.<ref>https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/M/MA/MARIN/index.html</ref> Keywords: feminine inclined, sea, two syllables, uncommon, water. | '''Marin'''. French, Romanian, Croatian, Serbian, Bulgarian and Macedonian. In Croatia and France, this is a masculine name, but in the Netherlands and the US, it is more often feminine. From the Dutch masculine name Marinus, from the ancient Roman family name Marinus. Meaning "Of the sea" in Latin.<ref>https://www.behindthename.com/name/marin</ref><ref>https://www.behindthename.com/name/marinus</ref> US SSA data shows about 5,138 people with this name, used as a feminine name 85% of the time.<ref>https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/M/MA/MARIN/index.html</ref> Keywords: feminine inclined, sea, two syllables, uncommon, water. | ||