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Marinda

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How to Pronounce Marinda

Pronounced muh-RIN-duh /məˈrɪn.də/Medium

Meaning: Marinda is a folk variant of Miranda, from the Latin mirandus, 'worthy of admiration, wonderful,' coined by Shakespeare for The Tempest. The spelling with an a leans toward the sound of Marina ('of the sea'), and the two names sit close together in American use.Medium

In 30 seconds: Marinda is a homespun variant of Miranda, from Latin 'worthy of admiration,' colored by Marina, said muh-RIN-duh, a soft nineteenth-century American respelling.
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Origin LowLatin
MeaningMarinda is a folk variant of Miranda, from the Latin mirandus, 'worthy of admiration, wonderful,' coined by Shakespeare for The Tempest. The spelling with an a leans toward the sound of Marina ('of the sea'), and the two names sit close together in American use.
U.S. rank (2014)#15858 ↘ Falling
2014 U.S. births6 girls (0.00% of U.S. girls)
Peak year1980
Total births (all-time)≈ 1,714
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Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data

peak 198018812014

U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.

SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.

History & Origin

Marinda is a warm American reshaping of Miranda, the Latin name meaning 'worthy of admiration' that Shakespeare invented for the heroine of The Tempest. Written with an a, it also brushes against Marina, 'of the sea,' so the name carries a double echo of wonder and water.

Never fashionable, Marinda nonetheless proved durable, threading through more than a century of records while reaching only a few dozen births in its best single year. It reads as a gentle, old-country variant, at home among the vintage names now drawing fresh attention.

Did you know? Marinda quietly outlived many fancier names, appearing in United States records from the eighteen-eighties all the way into the twenty-tens.
Overall data confidence 55%
SSA national given-name data — long arc 1881-2014Behind the Name - Miranda — Latin root, Shakespearean coinage

Variations

MirandaMarinaMerinda

Nicknames

RindyMira

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If you like Marinda…

Miranda— the standard form of this name
Marina— the sea-name it echoes
Melinda— a same-era -inda rhyme
Lucinda— another vintage -inda name

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Frequently Asked

What does the name Marinda mean?

Marinda is a variant of Miranda, from the Latin mirandus, meaning 'worthy of admiration' or 'wonderful.'

How do you pronounce Marinda?

It's said muh-RIN-duh /məˈrɪn.də/ — three syllables, stress on the second.

Is Marinda a boy or girl name?

Marinda is used as a girl's name.

How popular is Marinda?

Marinda was always uncommon, given to only a few dozen girls a year even at its peak, though it appeared across more than a century.

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