Marilin
Meaning of Marilin
Marilin is a feminine given name that occupies a singular niche at the confluence of venerable onomastic tradition and innovative nuance: etymologically, it traces to Latin Maria—long celebrated in medieval exegesis as stella maris, the steadfast “star of the sea”—combined with the diminutive suffix -lin (cf. Old High German -lîn), engendering a name whose morphology resembles an academic palimpsest. Phonologically, it renders as mah-REE-leen in Estonian and MAIR-ə-lin in American English, each variant a dialectical reinterpretation of the same resonant motif. In California’s annual birth registers, Marilin has maintained a modest yet consistent presence—five to sixteen occurrences per year since the early 1990s, with ranks fluctuating between 338th and 391st—indicative less of a mass-market surge than of a boutique appellation prized by those seeking distinction without ostentation. Steeped in Latin-inflected cultural flair, Marilin thus emerges as a rigorously structured signifier that nevertheless cradles its bearer in warmth—a duality that, in a delightfully dry twist, appeals to scholars who rarely agree on anything else.
Pronunciation
Estonian
- Pronunced as mah-REE-leen (/ma.ri.'lin/)
American English
- Pronunced as MAIR-uh-lin (/ˈmɛərəlɪn/)
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