Canonical reference record

JMnedict-backedKANJIDIC2 character context

Japanese given name

Marina

マリナ

Given-name classification varies across source records.

まりなマリナMarina

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Reference coverage

Extended source depth

This reading group has a comparatively broad dictionary footprint across source-recorded spellings or records. The counts describe corpus coverage, not real-world popularity.

Distinct recorded spellings105

group-level written forms

Source spelling/reading rows106

records contributing to this reading group

Coverage levelExtended

based only on the imported source footprint

Pronunciation & romanization

How to read Marina

The kana reading is source-recorded. Romanization and mora segmentation are deterministic reading aids generated from that kana; pitch accent is not inferred.

Source readingまりな

Normalized to hiragana for comparison.

Katakana formマリナ

The same reading converted to katakana.

RomanizationMarina

Macron-style display. Vowel-sequence form: Marina. Personal spelling and true vowel boundaries can differ.

Mora segmentationま · り · な

3 morae in this reading. Small ゃ/ゅ/ょ-type kana join the preceding mora.

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Meaning by written form

What can Marina mean?

A Japanese name can be written in more than one way, and its meaning can change with the kanji used. Rather than assigning one English meaning to “Marina”, this page explains each recorded spelling separately.

Kanji spellings10

character meanings available

Kana-only spellings2

no kanji meaning attached

InterpretationBy spelling

based on the exact written form

Kana-only spelling

マリナ

This spelling is written only in kana. Because it contains no kanji, there is no kanji meaning to interpret here. The kana record the name’s sound; any personal or cultural meaning would depend on context not supplied by the dictionary.

Characters and loaded glosses

マKana characterリKana characterナKana character

Kana-only spelling

まりな

Characters and loaded glosses

まKana characterりKana characterなKana character

Mixed kanji and kana spelling

まり奈

This spelling combines kanji and kana. Dictionary meanings are shown only for the kanji characters; the kana represent sound and do not add a kanji-derived English meaning.

Characters and loaded glosses

まKana characterりKana character奈Nara, what?

Mixed kanji and kana spelling

まり菜

This spelling combines kanji and kana. Dictionary meanings are shown only for the kanji characters; the kana represent sound and do not add a kanji-derived English meaning.

Characters and loaded glosses

まKana characterりKana character菜vegetable, side dish, greens

Mixed kanji and kana spelling

まり那

This spelling combines kanji and kana. Dictionary meanings are shown only for the kanji characters; the kana represent sound and do not add a kanji-derived English meaning.

Characters and loaded glosses

まKana characterりKana character那what?

Kanji spelling

万利奈

These are dictionary meanings for the kanji used in this spelling. Together they can suggest associations, but they do not establish one fixed English translation or a particular person’s naming intent.

Characters and loaded glosses

万ten thousand, 10,000利profit, advantage, benefit奈Nara, what?

Kanji spelling

万理奈

Characters and loaded glosses

万ten thousand, 10,000理logic, arrangement, reason奈Nara, what?

Kanji spelling

万璃奈

Characters and loaded glosses

万ten thousand, 10,000璃glassy, lapis lazuli奈Nara, what?

Kanji spelling

万璃那

Characters and loaded glosses

万ten thousand, 10,000璃glassy, lapis lazuli那what?

Kanji spelling

万莉奈

Characters and loaded glosses

万ten thousand, 10,000莉jasmine奈Nara, what?

Kanji spelling

万莉菜

Characters and loaded glosses

万ten thousand, 10,000莉jasmine菜vegetable, side dish, greens

Kanji spelling

万里名

Characters and loaded glosses

万ten thousand, 10,000里ri, village, parent's home名name, noted, distinguished

Showing meaning context for the first 12 distinct written forms out of 106. The recorded-spellings section below retains the wider source set.

How to read these meanings

The English words shown here are dictionary meanings of individual kanji. They help explain what a spelling can suggest, but they are not a guaranteed translation of the full name and do not establish why a particular person was given that name.

Reading profile

How Marina is represented

These counts describe records in the imported name corpus. They are not a ranking of how popular a spelling is among people in Japan.

Recorded kana readings2

まりな · マリナ

Kanji-based spellings104

among the forms analyzed on this page

Kana characters3

in the primary dictionary reading

Morae3

small ゃ/ゅ/ょ-type kana combine with the preceding mora

Kana-only2

recorded spellings

1-kanji forms3

recorded spellings

2-kanji forms14

recorded spellings

3-kanji forms87

recorded spellings

JMnedict classification evidence

How this reading is classified in the source corpus

This separates dictionary classification from popularity. The same exact kana reading can be recorded as a given name, a surname, or both, and given-name records can carry male, female or unspecified source labels.

Primary reading recorded asGiven name

まりな in the imported JMnedict corpus

Given-name written forms105

106 source spelling/reading rows

Surname written forms0

0 source spelling/reading rows

Given-name labelsfemale 101 · unspecified 5

row counts carrying each JMnedict source label

Exact reading	Given-name evidence	Given-name labels	Surname evidence
まりなMarina	105106 source rows	female 101 · unspecified 5source rows · distinct forms: female 100 · unspecified 5	00 source rows
まりなMarina	00 source rows	—source rows · distinct forms: —	00 source rows

Classification boundary: male/female/unspecified are labels attached to imported JMnedict name records. They are not population shares, probabilities, identity claims, or evidence that a spelling is currently common in Japan. A source row can also be repeated across different written forms, so row counts and distinct-writing counts are shown separately.

JMnedict source text

Source-supplied text attached to Marina records

JMnedict can attach trans_det text to a name-classification block. This may be a Latin spelling, label or descriptor. It is shown only when it adds information beyond this site’s generated romanization.

Written form	Source reading	JMnedict source text
マリナ	まりな	Malina

Meaning boundary: this is text supplied by JMnedict for the associated name-classification block. It is not an inferred kanji meaning, a translation of the written characters as a whole, proof of a person’s preferred Latin spelling, or evidence of popularity.

106 source-text items were omitted because they are equivalent to the generated romanization and would add no distinct information.

Spelling anatomy

Corpus structure behind Marina

This section summarizes the exact source-recorded forms loaded for this reading group. Stroke and character-position statistics are descriptive corpus properties, not popularity or style scores.

Kanji forms with complete stroke data104

7–39 strokes observed span

Median total strokes27

among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data

All-kanji name-classified forms104

all component kanji loaded as jōyō/jinmeiyō classes

Other/unclassified kanji forms0

contains at least one character outside that loaded classification

Source-reading distribution

Reading	Romanization	Morae	Forms
まりな	Marina	3	106

Recurring first-position kanji

真true, reality29 forms 麻hemp, flax17 forms 茉jasmine11 forms 万ten thousand, 10,00010 forms 満full, fullness7 forms 鞠ball4 forms

Recurring final-position kanji

奈Nara, what?44 forms菜vegetable, side dish27 forms 那what?15 forms名name, noted4 forms 夏summer3 forms 南south3 forms

Recurring adjacent kanji sequences

里奈9 analyzed forms 莉奈7 analyzed forms 莉菜6 analyzed forms 里菜6 analyzed forms 利奈5 analyzed forms 梨奈5 analyzed forms

Shown only when the same adjacent two-kanji sequence occurs in at least two analyzed source forms. Open a sequence in Kanji Pair Research for corpus co-occurrence context.

Reading ambiguity

Can the same writing be read another way?

5 of 80 displayed written forms have more than one given-name reading somewhere in the active JMnedict corpus. This is dictionary-record ambiguity, not a prediction of how a particular person reads the name.

Written forms checked80

distinct spellings displayed on this page

Multiple recorded readings5

exact written forms with 2+ source readings

Single recorded reading74

within this active given-name corpus

Largest reading set5

distinct kana readings for one displayed writing

海夏

5 source-recorded readings

UmikaうみかMarinaまりな · this pageMikaみか Minaみな Minatsuみなつ

珠奈

4 source-recorded readings

Junaじゅな Shunaしゅな TamanaたまなMarinaまりな · this page

渡辺

3 source-recorded readings

Marinaまりな · this pageMisatoみさと Minayoみなよ

真季奈

2 source-recorded readings

MakinaまきなMarinaまりな · this page

茉菜

2 source-recorded readings

ManaまなMarinaまりな · this page

A reading shown without a link is still source-recorded, but its destination group does not yet meet the reference-depth standard used for the main library. Limited records are not promoted merely to create extra internal links.

Kanji role reference

How recurring characters function across Marina spellings

Position counts are calculated only from the distinct written forms analyzed for this page. KANJIDIC2 nanori are character-level name-reading references; they are not used here to decompose or assert the reading of a specific multi-kanji name.

Kanji	Character glosses	Forms	First	Final	Internal	Strokes	KANJIDIC2 nanori	Loaded class
奈	Nara, what?	44	0	44	0	8	—	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
真	true, reality, Buddhist sect	29	29	0	0	10	さな, さね, ただ, ただし +11	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
菜	vegetable, side dish, greens	27	0	27	0	11	よう	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
里	ri, village, parent's home	22	0	0	22	7	さ	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
麻	hemp, flax, numb	17	17	0	0	11	あ, あざ, お	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
那	what?	15	0	15	0	7	とも, やす	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
莉	jasmine	15	2	0	13	10	—	Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9
梨	pear tree	11	0	1	10	11	か	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
茉	jasmine	11	11	0	0	8	み	Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9
万	ten thousand, 10,000	10	10	0	0	3	かず, ま, ゆる	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
利	profit, advantage, benefit	9	0	0	9	7	かが, と, とし, のり +2	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
理	logic, arrangement, reason	8	0	0	8	11	あや, おさむ, さと, さとる +12	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2

Counts describe this source-recorded spelling set, not population use. A repeated kanji can contribute to more than one position role across different spellings.

Exact writing research map

Move from a spelling to its readings, characters and literal sequence context

These relationships are exact and source-backed. Whole-name readings shown in each card come from JMnedict within the current name class; exact-writing search can surface records from other name classes. Character links open KANJIDIC2-backed kanji pages. Sequence context means the same kanji string occurs contiguously in another recorded written form—it does not prove shared origin or meaning.

Exact written form

マリナ

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Marinaまりな

Characters in order

マKanaリKanaナKana

Exact written form

まりな

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Marinaまりな · this page

Characters in order

まKanaりKanaなKana

Exact written form

まり奈

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Marinaまりな · this page

Characters in order

まKanaりKana奈Nara, what?

Exact written form

まり菜

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Marinaまりな · this page

Characters in order

まKanaりKana菜vegetable, side dish

Exact written form

まり那

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Marinaまりな · this page

Characters in order

まKanaりKana那what?

Exact written form

万利奈

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Marinaまりな · this page

Characters in order

万ten thousand, 10,000利profit, advantage奈Nara, what?

Exact written form

万理奈

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Marinaまりな · this page

Characters in order

万ten thousand, 10,000理logic, arrangement奈Nara, what?

Exact written form

万璃奈

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Marinaまりな · this page

Characters in order

万ten thousand, 10,000璃glassy, lapis lazuli奈Nara, what?

Exact written form

万璃那

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Marinaまりな · this page

Characters in order

万ten thousand, 10,000璃glassy, lapis lazuli那what?

Exact written form

万莉奈

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Marinaまりな · this page

Characters in order

万ten thousand, 10,000莉jasmine奈Nara, what?

Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 106. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.

Corpus pattern

Kanji recurring across Marina spellings

Only characters appearing in at least two distinct analyzed spellings are shown here. Frequency describes this source-recorded spelling set, not real-world baby-name popularity.

奈Nara, what?44 of 106 analyzed forms真true, reality, Buddhist sect29 of 106 analyzed forms 菜vegetable, side dish, greens27 of 106 analyzed forms 里ri, village, parent's home22 of 106 analyzed forms 麻hemp, flax, numb17 of 106 analyzed forms 那what?15 of 106 analyzed forms莉jasmine15 of 106 analyzed forms 梨pear tree11 of 106 analyzed forms 茉jasmine11 of 106 analyzed forms 万ten thousand, 10,00010 of 106 analyzed forms

Same reading, different writing

Explore written forms of Marina

106 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading まりな. Other source readings can appear in this romanized group when the imported records converge on the same index form. Use Compare to inspect exact spellings side by side.

マリナ

マリナ · Marina

Katakana マリナMorae 3Strokes —

This written form uses kana rather than kanji, so there are no character-level kanji glosses to combine.

Character-set checkKana spelling

Marina

Extended source depth

How to read Marina

What can Marina mean?

マリナ

まりな

まり奈

まり菜

まり那

万利奈

万理奈

万璃奈

万璃那

万莉奈

万莉菜

万里名

How to read these meanings

How Marina is represented

How this reading is classified in the source corpus

Source-supplied text attached to Marina records

Corpus structure behind Marina

Can the same writing be read another way?

How recurring characters function across Marina spellings

Move from a spelling to its readings, characters and literal sequence context

マリナ

まりな

まり奈

まり菜

まり那

万利奈

万理奈

万璃奈

万璃那

万莉奈

Kanji recurring across Marina spellings

Explore written forms of Marina

マリナ

まりな

まり奈

まり菜

まり那

万利奈

万理奈

万璃奈

万璃那

万莉奈

万莉菜

万里名

万里奈

万里菜

万麗奈

人魚姫

公莉奈

円里奈

摩利那

毬夏

毬菜

毬那

海夏

渡辺

満李奈

満梨奈

満理奈

満莉菜

満里奈

満里渚

満里菜

珠奈

球菜

眞利奈

眞里奈

眞里菜

真伶梨

真倫菜

真凛南

真凛夏

真凛菜

真利奈

真利菜

真吏奈