Names
Introduction
Browse Place Names
Advanced Search
Namesakes
Submitted Place Names
Interact
Message Boards
Games and Quizzes
Submit a Name
Tools
First Name Site
Surname Site
Menu
Sign In
Register
First Name Site
Surname Site
Introduction
Browse Place Names
Advanced Search
Namesakes
Submitted Place Names
Message Boards
Games and Quizzes
Sign In
Register
View Message
Home
»
Message Boards
»
Tag Search
New Post
Search
Any time
Advanced
Help
This is a reply within a larger thread:
view the whole thread
[Facts] Re: Can "Marina" be Russian?
by
Cleveland Kent Evans
(clevelandkentevans)
12/4/2007, 2:10 PM
in reply to
a message by Jaxxie
Kate
is certainly correct. As for how
Marina
came to be "Russian" -- the majority of names used in Russia historically were the names of saints of the Russian Orthodox Church, and most of those go back to Greek and Latin originally.
Reply
1
No replies