# Marin

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #19,894

## Definitions
1. The place name of a county of 252,409 in northern California (see Marin County).

## Etymology
The county was either named after Chief Marin, of the Coast Miwok tribe, or derived from the Spanish name of its eastern bay known as Bahía de Nuestra Señora del Rosario la Marinera in 1775.

## Easily confused with
- **min** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marin-vs-min)
- **MRI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marin-vs-mri)
- **mark** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marin-vs-mark)
- **Mary** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marin-vs-mary)
- **mars** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marin-vs-mars)
- **mart** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marin-vs-mart)
- **Marx** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marin-vs-marx)
- **Maui** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marin-vs-maui)
- **Mein** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marin-vs-mein)
- **maxi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marin-vs-maxi)
- **Mori** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marin-vs-mori)
- **Marr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marin-vs-marr)
- **morn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marin-vs-morn)
- **maru** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marin-vs-maru)
- **marv** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marin-vs-marv)
- **MIRI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marin-vs-miri)
- **marl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marin-vs-marl)
- **marks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marin-vs-marks)
- **marry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marin-vs-marry)
- **Mario** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marin-vs-mario)

## Common misspellings (7)
`amrin`, `mairn`, `marinn`, `marni`, `marrin`, `mmarin`, `mrain`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/marin