Name honouring Marinus

Hey Berries,

Hopefully you can help me :slight_smile: No rush, just thinking ahead - my boyfriend and I are planning to start trying for a little one somewhere this year, and my mind is already doing overtime!

In september last year I very suddenly lost my best friend. She was like a sister to me and the only friend that really knew me as both a young teenager up till now. My boyfriend and I have decided we would like to name our baby after her if we can find a name that we like (first or middle name).

My friend had a local Dutch name stemming from Marinus, meaning “of the sea”. (She had the first Dutch name on there, which is actually unisex, not just for girls. I know two men with that name.)

For a girl, we’re both pretty much settled on [name_m]Romar[/name_m]í (NN could be [name_f]Ro[/name_f], [name_u]Rori[/name_u], [name_f]Mar[/name_f]í, [name_u]Romy[/name_u]…).
This is a translation of rosemary (the herb), rosemary being the symbol for remembrance and friendship - and, my friends’ name is part of the Dutch translation of rosemary, which means “dew of the sea”. My grandmother’s name was [name_f]Marie[/name_f], and I had always hoped to have an honour name for her, and [name_m]Romar[/name_m]í would tie that in beautifully.
It just all fitted perfectly. [name_f]Rosemary[/name_f] being the symbol for remembrance and friendship, her name being part of our word for rosemary, and the [name_f]Marie[/name_f]-sound in this translation. I was so happy!!

But.
For a boy, I’m just coming up with blanks.

I don’t like the sound of Marinus, or the Dutch diminutives, or my friend’s unisex name.
I would consider [name_f]Marin[/name_f] (pronounced MAH-rin) but am not in love with it.

Names we both like are
GIRLS - [name_f]Leah[/name_f], Nehalennia, Lemoni, [name_f]Aster[/name_f], Firenze, [name_u]Vesper[/name_u]
BOYS - [name_m]Feodor[/name_m] (honour name after [name_m]Theodore[/name_m]), [name_u]Linden[/name_u], [name_m]Walden[/name_m], Firenze
Preferably nothing religious. Must be easy to pronounce and read out. [name_m]History[/name_m] as a name not that important (we haven’t found a proof of a baby named [name_m]Romar[/name_m]í yet, but it sounds like a name, so we’re okay with it).
Must be pronounceable in Dutch and [name_m]German[/name_m] with ease and they must sound more or less the name - this means first letters should preferably be Z, C, G, and best not V or W.

It’s quite a challenge - one I hope you will enjoy :wink:

Thank you for reading and thinking along,

love, [name_f]Lin[/name_f]

[name_m]Marino[/name_m]
[name_m]Marius[/name_m]
[name_u]Mars[/name_u]

[name_m]Casimir[/name_m]
[name_m]Enzo[/name_m]
Elard
[name_m]Matthias[/name_m]
[name_m]Jerom[/name_m]
[name_m]Damian[/name_m]
Celian
[name_m]Aloys[/name_m]
Adelman
[name_m]Killian[/name_m]
Emilius
Reijer
[name_m]Zorian[/name_m]

There are a plethora of boys names that contain -mar, and usually have a sea-related meaning. Here are some that may fit your style (though I don’t know Dutch or [name_m]German[/name_m] pronunciation):

[name_u]Amari[/name_u] / [name_m]Amarion[/name_m]
[name_m]Ingmar[/name_m]
Larimar
[name_u]Marden[/name_u] (reminds me of [name_u]Linden[/name_u] and [name_m]Walden[/name_m])
[name_m]Marlon[/name_m]
[name_m]Romar[/name_m] (if Romari for a girl, why not?)
[name_m]Zale[/name_m] (OK, it doesn’t contain -mar, but it means “sea-strength” and reminds me of Zilver in your signature)

If you dont like [name_f]Marin[/name_f] what about [name_f]Maren[/name_f]? Both are girls’ names but the -en ending makes it sound more masculine tot me
I’m laughing, dont name your daughter Lemoni there will be SO many “sour as a lemon” jokes
[name_m]Martin[/name_m], [name_m]Marcus[/name_m]/[name_m]Marcos[/name_m], [name_m]Marciano[/name_m], [name_m]Romaro[/name_m], [name_m]Romario[/name_m], [name_f]Marzia[/name_f], [name_f]Martina[/name_f], [name_f]Maria[/name_f] (MAH-ree-ah, mah-RAH-ee-ah or mah-[name_f]REE[/name_f]-ah), [name_f]Marlene[/name_f], Marilena, [name_m]Mark[/name_m], [name_m]Marcus[/name_m], [name_m]Marcel[/name_m], [name_f]Mara[/name_f], [name_f]Maren[/name_f], [name_f]Marina[/name_f], [name_f]Marla[/name_f], [name_f]Marceline[/name_f], [name_f]Marcella[/name_f], [name_f]Mar[/name_f], Margosa, [name_f]Marietta[/name_f], [name_f]Maretta[/name_f] are some [name_f]Mar[/name_f]- names

[name_m]Marcel[/name_m]/[name_m]Marcellus[/name_m]
Marnix
Romaric
[name_m]Lamar[/name_m]
Ithamar/Itamar

I hope this gives you some ideas. I’m not that familiar with Dutch and [name_m]German[/name_m] names so apologies if some of these are unsuitable.

[name_m]How[/name_m] about [name_m]Martin[/name_m]?

You’ve probably thought of it already, and I don’t know how well either works in Dutch or [name_m]German[/name_m], but Meirion is (possibly) the Welsh form of Marinus and another related name is Mariner (my friend’s surname).

For what it’s worth, I think Romaric would be handsome, and Nehalennia is so gorgeous and wonderful!

As far as I understand, there are names that come from “[name_f]Mare[/name_f]” - sea, and names that come from “[name_u]Mars[/name_u]” - god of war. I just know that it would bug me if my kid had a name meaning “destroyer of peace” or something like that haha :stuck_out_tongue:

Anyway, thanks so much for the suggestions!! There are definitely a lot of names in here I hadn’t thought of and some I really like :smiley:

I like [name_u]Marden[/name_u], [name_m]Romar[/name_m]/[name_m]Romer[/name_m], Itamar, and Romaric and I am completely in love with Meirion/Merrion.

@emm - Yeah, I think I’m the only person ever to like the name Lemoni :'D It’s from the book [name_m]Captain[/name_m] Corelli’s [name_f]Mandolin[/name_f] and ever since I first read it I’ve loved it.
I think in Dutch the lemon connotation isn’t quite as strong, because we have a different word for it and the word that does come close has a different stress (lih-[name_f]MOON[/name_f] for lime). But people here also pretty much roll their eyes at me :wink:

@tanaquil Thanks for the Meirion/Merrion-suggestion, I will look into that. Nehalennia is gorgeous, right? It’s a local mysterious goddess that used to protect the trade ships. It means “steerswoman”. I adore it.

Hahah I do think Lemoni sounds kinda cute, but obviously not usable
I do know a lady named Lemonia (lemon tree in greek pronounced leh-maw-[name_f]NIA[/name_f] ), but shes always hated it and went by [name_f]Lita[/name_f] (Lemonia -> Lemonita -> [name_f]Lita[/name_f], it’s a thing that unfortunately only works in Greek as far as I know)

Ahh, I love that and would absolutely use Nehalennia if I lived in your part of the world!

I just thought of another name for you. Sir [name_f]Marinell[/name_f] is “the knight of the sea” in the epic poem The Faerie [name_f]Queen[/name_f] (which is where I got my username actually — the fairy queen of the title is named [name_f]Tanaquil[/name_f] :)). He is the son of a sea nymph and the beloved of Florimell. More about the character from here:

He guarded a beach. He was fated to be defeated and wounded by a virgin. Because of this, he rejected the love of all women, and specifically of the maiden Florimell, who loved him. Marinell challenged the warrior maiden Britomart when she came to his beach, and she defeated and badly injured him. Marinell’s mother spirited him to her undersea kingdom and healed him. There, Marinell discovered that Florimell had been imprisoned by the sea god Proteus. He fell in love with her, freed her, and was joyously united with her.

The -ell ending is a bit feminine perhaps but I like it and thought I’d share, since it’s unequivocally a derivative of Marinus. :slight_smile:

My first thought was [name_m]Nemo[/name_m]. That’s my favorite.

[name_m]Nemo[/name_m]
[name_m]Fernand[/name_m] / [name_m]Fernando[/name_m] / [name_m]Ferdinand[/name_m]
[name_m]Skipper[/name_m]
[name_m]Poseidon[/name_m]
[name_m]Crusoe[/name_m]
[name_m]Odysseus[/name_m] / [name_m]Ulysses[/name_m]
[name_m]Ishmael[/name_m] or [name_m]Ahab[/name_m] (breaks the religious element though)

[name_m]Romar[/name_m]Ă­ is a beautiful choice for your girl, btw.

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