What do you all think of Marina??

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I heard this name recently & thought it was nice & underused... We have our girls name pretty much decided on(I always say that!!!!!)I know no real life Marinas so what do you think???

sounds like a Mirena coil to me, sorry

DorothyG Thanks - I can't get it out of my head now! 'Marina, Aqua Marina, What are these strange enchantments that start whenever you're near ...'

Lovely, very pretty.

stingray too, and a place where they keep boats

also what if they can't swim?

Oh well done Roxy, I m sitting here singing the very same!

I love this name, as does DH. Not keen on the Maryna spelling though, and I think it would introduce pointless confusion about pronunciation.

I know a Marina who is lovely.

However, it always makes me think of a marina, like Brighton Marina and then doesn't really seem like a "proper" name to me.

Lovely :)

I think having both the r and n in the name makes it too strong and masculine and reminds me of morris marina.

I can appreciate that it is pretty and not overused, but I keep thinking of boats, and lots of teenage jokes about able seamen, any port in a storm, etc etc. however if you like it, go for it, kids will make a joke out of anything .....

mirena coil

A marina is a place to keep boats. Not keen I'm afraid.

I too know a lovely Marina (there's obviously a few of them around). She is not fond of her name, and goes by the nn Mina.

I thought of the coil too... Sorry

How about Miranda, Miriam, Marla, Mirabelle, Marianne, Melissa?

My local city's got a marina, so for me it's the place with the 24hr Asda, the cheapo cinema and the drug problem. Um. Sorry.

Its the name of the place where people park their boat. However, I have a friend who has a DD with this name, and it suits her.

But unless you spend a lot of time with people who keep boats does it matter?

I like it, surprisingly.

What about Maryam if you want a version of Mary?

I like Marina, and think of it as a name first. Princess Alexandra's daughter is Marina and was named after her grandmother. There is a Marina in Shakespeare, as well as Mariana which I also like.

I really like this name. The first time I heard it I was like... it's a place where you keep boat but now I love it.

I'm a Marina. I don't mind my name but always get mistakenly called Miranda for some reason (no idea why but it happens all the time) and people often mistype it as Marian which is really annoying. It's also really common in Greece!!

I have three friends called Marina and have always found it a lovely name. One occasionally goes by the nn Mina

Marina, Aqua Marina. I quite like it.

I think it is beautiful