Name meaning & stats
Marine
Marine means “beloved, or bitter (debated)” (Hebrew origin). 501 US babies since 1940, peak 1978. Notable Marines are 2.9× over-represented as footballers.
What it means
“beloved, or bitter (debated)”
HebrewSpelling of Marion
Marion around the world
- Марион / Мэрион · Russian
- Маріон · Ukrainian
- ماريون · Arabic
- מריון · Hebrew
- マリオン · Japanese
- 玛丽昂 · Chinese
- 매리언 · Korean
Famous Marions
- Marion Cotillard · French actress and model (born 1975)
- Marion Bartoli · French tennis player
- Marion Jones · American athlete
- Marion Zimmer Bradley · American novelist and editor (1930–1999)
In US birth records
Peak year: 1978
501 US babies were named Marine between 1940 and 2025.
Marine around the world
- Belgium: 3,219 babies since 1995, peak 1996, No. 820 in 2025
- France: 119,050 babies since 1900, peak 1991, No. 959 in 2025
- England & Wales: 47 babies since 1996, peak 2002
From official birth registries. Sources are listed on About the data.
Where Marines end up
| Career | vs expected | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| Footballer | 2.9× | High · 35 people |
| Politician | 1.1× | Medium · 17 people |
| Actor | 0.7× | Medium · 11 people |
| Writer | 0.8× | Low · 8 people |
Among notable women who are footballers, Marines show up 2.9× as often as you'd expect from how common the name is.
Notable people of every nationality born 1940–2005 (Wikidata). Patterns, not destiny.
Other spellings
1 in 549 Marions spell it Marine
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1978)