When MARINA LACUNZA was christened on 29 February 1672, in Santa María, Etxarri Aranatz, Nafarroa, Spain, her father, Fermín Lacunza Mundiñano, was 25 and her mother, María Bacaicoa Beltrán, was 30.
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From a Late Latin name, a feminine form of the family name Marinus. This was in fact a derivative of Marius , a traditional name of uncertain derivation, but even during the early centuries ad it was widely assumed to be identical with the Latin adjective marinus ‘of the sea’. The early saints of this name are all of very doubtful historical authenticity.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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