Spanish (Marín), French, English, Slovenian,
Croatian, and Romanian: from the Latin personal name Marinus,
borne by several minor early saints. Originally this was a Roman
family name derived from Marius (compare Marie), but was
often taken to mean ‘of the sea’.Italian (Venetia): variant of
Marino.Serbian, Croatian, and Slovenian: from the personal
name Marija or its short form Mara (see Maria).Galician and Spanish: habitational name from a place called
Marín, in particular the one in Pontevedra, Galicia.French:
occupational name for a sailor, Old French marin (Late Latin
marinus, a derivative of mare ‘sea’).Asturian-Leonese (Marín): occupational
name for a sailor in Asturies.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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