Martin

Etymology

From Latin Martinus (“of or like Mars" or "little Mars”), Mars, Martis + -inus (diminutive suffix). Furthermore, the name Mars is likely to have been brought into Latin from elsewhere, likely the Etruscan Maris that was their name for the same deity.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑː.tɪn/
• (US, weak vowel merger) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑɹ.tn̩/
• Hyphenation: Mar‧tin
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tɪn
• Homophone: marten (in some accents)

Proper noun

Martin

1. A male given name. originally given in honor of a fourth century soldier-saint.
   • 1591, William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)]:
     :Scene 2:

     Expect Saint Martin's summer, halcyon days, / Since I have entered into these wars.

   • 1767 Laurence Sterne, Tristram Shandy, Book IV ( Slawkenbergius's Tale ):

     Luther was not born in the year 1483, but in 84; and not on the 22nd day of October, but on the 10th of November, the eve of Martinmas day, from whence he had the name of Martin. - - - Now you see, brother Toby, he would say, looking up, "that christian names are not such indifferent things;" - Had Luther here been called by any other name but Martin, he would have been damned to all eternity - Not that I look upon Martin, he would add, as a good name - far from it - 'tis something better than a neutral, and but a little - yet little as it is, you see it was of some service to him.

   • 1933 Eleanor Farjeon, Over the Garden Wall, Faber and Faber, page 90 ("Boys' Names")

     What splendid names for boys there are! / There's Carol like a rolling car, / And Martin like a flying bird,/

   • 2006 Kate Atkinson, One Good Turn, Black Swan(2007), →ISBN, page 81:

     Martin was pretty dull as names went but 'Alex Blake' had a certain dash to it. His publishers hadn't considered Martin's own name to be 'punchy' enough.

2. A patronymic surname​.
3. An surname​ for someone who lived near a mere.
4. A small city in and the county seat of Bennett County, South Dakota, USA.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Martin is the 20^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 702,625 individuals. Martin is most common among White (74.8%) and Black/African American (15.8%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Antrim

Etymology

From Latin Martinus (“of or like Mars" or "little Mars”), Mars, Martis + -inus (diminutive suffix). Cognate to English Martin.

Proper noun

Martin m

1. A male given name.. Feminine form: Martina.

Adjective

Martin

1. possessive of Marta: Marta's

Further reading

• Martin in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu

Etymology

From Latin Martinus (“of or like Mars" or "little Mars”), Mars, Martis + -inus (diminutive suffix). Cognate to English Martin.

Proper noun

Martin

1. A male given name..

References

• Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 58 178 males with the given name Martin have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1980s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

Etymology

From Latin Martinus (“of or like Mars" or "little Mars”), Mars, Martis + -inus (diminutive suffix). Cognate to English Martin.

Proper noun

Martin

1. A male given name..

Proper noun

Martin m

1. A male given name..

Proper noun

Martin

1. Genitive singular form of Martti.

Anagrams

• mitran

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Martīnus (“of or like Mars" or "little Mars”), from Mars + -īnus (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maʁ.tɛ̃/

Proper noun

Martin m

1. A male given name.. Feminine form: Martine.
2. A patronymic surname​.

Anagrams

• mirant
• rimant

Etymology

From Latin Martinus (“of or like Mars" or "little Mars”), Mars, Martis + -inus (diminutive suffix). Cognate to English Martin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maʁtɪn/

Proper noun

Martin

1. A male given name..
2. A patronymic surname​.

Etymology

From Latin Martinus (“of or like Mars" or "little Mars”), Mars, Martis + -inus (diminutive suffix). First recorded in Norway ca. 1200. Cognate with English Martin.

Proper noun

Martin

1. A male given name..

References

• Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
• Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 20 132 males with the given name Martin living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1990s. Accessed on April 29th, 2011.

Etymology

From Latin Martinus (“of or like Mars" or "little Mars”), Mars, Martis + -inus (diminutive suffix).

Proper noun

Martin m (nominative singular Martins)

1. A male given name., cognate to Martin in Modern English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmartin/

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Proper noun

Martin m (genitive Martina, nominative plural Martinovia) declension pattern chlap

1. A male given name..

Further reading

• Martin in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Etymology

From Latin Martinus (“of or like Mars" or "little Mars”), Mars, Martis + -inus (diminutive suffix). Cognate to English Martin.

Proper noun

Martin c (genitive Martins)

1. A male given name..

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
• Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 72 420 males with the given name Martin living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1980s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.