Entry № 6152 · Greek origin

Macrina Macrina — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ mah-KREE-nah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
Meaning
"Long-lived (sister of Basil and Gregory)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Greek)

A name that means "long-lived (sister of basil and gregory)".

Macrina (Μακρίνα) is from the Greek makros (long, great). Saint Macrina the Younger (c. 330-379) was the Cappadocian Christian philosopher and elder sister of Basil the Great and Gregory of Nyssa — the family that shaped Greek-Orthodox theology.

Called "the teacher" (didaskalos) by her brothers.

Long-lived (sister of Basil and Gregory) — a Greek name.

The name in its native script.

Μακρίνα
Transliteration
Makrína
Pronunciation
/ məˈkriː.nə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Macrina stands.

Macrina does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Macrinas before her.

Real people
Saint Macrina the Younger
Cappadocian Christian philosopher.
c. 330 – 379
In fiction
Macrina
Subject of Gregory of Nyssa's Life.

Names connected to Macrina.

The number behind Macrina.

5

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Macrina reduce to 5, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.