Martin

\maʁ.tɛ̃\♂French boy's name

A French boy's name of Latin origin.

At a glance

GenderMasculine
OriginLatin
Pronunciation\maʁ.tɛ̃\

Origin and meaning

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

Where it is mostly given

  • Great Britain
  • Ireland
  • United States
  • Malta
  • France
  • Belgium
  • Luxembourg
  • Netherlands
  • East Frisia
  • Germany

Around the world

  • BretonMarzhin
  • CatalanMartí
  • Chinese马丁
  • DanishMorten
  • SpanishMartín
  • FinnishMartti
  • IrishMártan, Máirtín
  • GreekΜαρτίνος
  • HungarianMárton
  • ItalianMartino
  • Japaneseマーティン
  • LatinMartinus
  • LatvianMārtiņš
  • LithuanianMartynas

Source: Wiktionnaire (CC BY-SA 4.0). Recording: WikiLucas00 (Lyon (France)), Lingua Libre / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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