Marina as First Name

Marina Ivanovna Tsvetaeva            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian
Marina Ivanovna Tsvetaeva: was a Russian and Soviet poet and writer. Marina Tsvetaeva was born in Moscow. She was one of the most original of the Russian 20th-century poets.

Marina Tsintikidou            Origin/Culture/Country: Greek
Marina Tsintikidou: is a Greek fashion model and presenter who has appeared on the covers of numerous Greek fashion magazines such as MAX.

Marina Joesoef            Origin/Culture/Country: Indonesian
Marina Joesoef: is an Indonesian artist. She is a painter having recent exhibitions in Jakarta and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. She has also been billed as Marina Joesoef Sastrowardoyo, though Joesoef is her married surname. In the early 1960s, Marina joined her parents and brothers to live in Los Angeles and Leiden, the Netherlands, where her father, Dr. Sumarsono Sastrowardoyo, studied urology for six years, including a stint at U.C.L.A.. Marina attended schools in Santa Monica and Leiden.

Marina Timofeyevna Semyonova            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian
Marina Timofeyevna Semyonova: is the first Soviet-trained prima ballerina. She was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1975.The first great dancer formed by Agrippina Vaganova, she graduated from the Vaganova School in 1925, which "is registered in the annals of Soviet ballet as the year of the unprecedented triumph of Marina Semyonova". She worked in the Kirov Ballet until 1930 when Stalin had her transferred to the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow. There she married Lev Karakhan, an Old Bolshevik and Deputy Foreign Minister, best known as an advisor to Sun Yat-sen. He was purged in 1937.

Marina Orsini            Origin/Culture/Country: Quebec
Marina Orsini: Orsini had an extensive acting career starting in 1986 after a brief career in modeling in which she participated in a pageant in 1982. She already played her first major role in the popular TV series Lance et compte as Suzie Lambert, the sister of Pierre

Avoiding Unisex Names Names, by their very nature, are meant to reflect the gender of the individual. This is a truth universally acknowledged regardless of the culture to which you belong. However, like everything else, there are exceptions to this rule and the confusion this might create....More..