Unisex name

Marin

144 births (England and Wales, 1996–2025), peaking in 2020. Expression number: 1.

Origin

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.

From Wiktionary, entry “Marin”, text under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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How many babies received it

From the official birth registers.

In England and Wales

90200020102020
GirlsBoys

Peak in 2020: 17 births. 144 births from 1996 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 2010s and 2020s. It is given to girls (42%) as well as boys (58%). It is still given: 49 births from 2021 to 2025.

Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, Open Government Licence v3.0.

In the United States

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GirlsBoys

Peak in 2007: 342 births. 7,106 births from 1880 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 2000s, 2010s and 2020s. It is given to girls (86%) as well as boys (14%). It really came into use around 1967. It is still given: 636 births from 2021 to 2025.

Source: Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, public domain.

Elsewhere in the world

The name in the birth records of the 10 countries we track. The period covered varies from country to country.

CountryBirthsPeriodBest rank
France13,3451900–202590th in 2022
Switzerland750*1915–2025—
Austria1581984–2025—
Berlin322012–2023—

* These are the people living in the country, counted by year of birth, not the number of births.

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms, Etalab Open Licence 2.0; Federal Statistical Office, First names of the population by year of birth, free use with attribution; Statistik Austria, Vornamen, CC BY 4.0; Open Data Berlin, Häufige Vornamen, CC BY 3.0 DE (every name a child carries, not only the first).

The numbers of the name

Each letter has a value: A = 1, B = 2… I = 9, then J = 1 again (Pythagorean method). We add them up, then reduce to a single digit, except 11, 22 and 33.

M4A1R9I9N5

■ vowel · ■ consonant

Expression

All the letters: talents, the way you act.

1

initiative, independence, beginnings

4 + 1 + 9 + 9 + 5 = 28 → 1

Soul

The vowels: what drives you deep down.

1

initiative, independence, beginnings

1 + 9 = 10 → 1

Personality

The consonants: what others notice first.

9

humanity, generosity, completion

4 + 9 + 5 = 18 → 9

Digits missing from the name
2, 3, 6, 7, 8
Most frequent digit
9 · humanity, generosity, completion
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Your name and theirs

The number of each name, and the number of the bond, which comes from adding them together. A symbolic game: what your two names say together, to be read as a metaphor, not as a verdict on your relationship.