Martin

martin martîn Martín Martîn English Etymology From en enm Martin, from en la Mārtīnus of or like Mars” or “little Mars, la Mars Mārs, Mārtis -īnus diminutive suffix 1. See la Mārs for further etymology. Pronunciation en /ˈmɑː.tɪn/ UK en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Martin.wav Southern England en /ˈmɑɹ.tn̩/ [ˈmɑɹ.ʔn̩] US,weak vowel en marten in some accents en Mar tin en ɑː(ɹ)tɪn 2 Proper noun ~ s en male Latin originally given in honor of a fourth century soldier-saint. I:Scene 2: Expect Saint Martins 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. en 1933 w:Eleanor Farjeon Over the Garden Wall Faber and Faber 90 Boys' Names What splendid names for boys there are! / There's Carol like a rolling car, / And Martin like a flying bird,/ en 2006 w:Kate Atkinson One Good Turn 81 Black Swan 2007 9780552772440 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. en. en Annalee Newitz and Cyrus Farivar Nick Farmer knows dozens of languages, so he invented one for The Expanse w:Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2019/12/nick-farmer-knows-dozens-of-languages-so-he-invented-one-for-the-expanse/ 2019-12-22 It all started when Nick Farmer bought George R. R. Martin a drink, but the plot really thickened when the linguist met Martin’s then-assistant Ty Franck. https://web.archive.org/web/20260824171700/https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2019/12/nick-farmer-knows-dozens-of-languages-so-he-invented-one-for-the-expanse/ 24 August 2026 en patronymics. en English habitational Middle English for someone who lived near a mere. A placename, including: en number of places c/USA: en ucomm co/Marion County s/Florida. en town co/Stephens County and co/Franklin County s/Georgia. en ucomm twp:Suf/Armstrong co/Vanderburgh County s/Indiana. en minor city co/Floyd County s/Kentucky. en village co/Red River Parish s/Louisiana. en village co/Allegan County s/Michigan. en CDP co/Keith County s/Nebraska. en minor city co/Sheridan County s/North Dakota. en ucomm twp:Suf/Clay co/Ottawa County s/Ohio. en ucomm co/Allendale County s/South Carolina. en small city/county seat co/Bennett County s/South Dakota. en city co/Weakley County s/Tennessee. en ghost town/and/skiing area co/Kittitas County s/Washington. en ucomm co/Grant County s/West Virginia. en A number of <<townships>>, including in <<s/Arkansas>>, <<s/Illinois>>, <<s/Michigan>>, <<s/Minnesota>>, and <<s/North Dakota>>, listed under Martin Township. en village commune:suf/Saint-Jean-du-Sud dept/Sud c/Haiti. en rurmun in eastern p/Saskatchewan c/Canada the Rural Municipality of Martin No. 122. en place cc/England: en village/and/cpar in dist/New Forest co/Hampshire OS grid ref SU0619. Parish map (Hampshire) en village par/Langdon dist/Dover co/Kent OS grid ref TR3347. en small village par/Roughton dist/East Lindsey co/Lincolnshire OS grid ref TF2366. en village/and/cpar (served by Martin and Martin Dales Parish Council) in dist/North Kesteven co/Lincolnshire OS grid ref TF1259. Parish map (North Kesteven) en village mun:suf/Našice co/Osijek-Baranja c/Croatia. en city/and/district in r:Suf/Žilina c/Slovakia. en suburb city/Perth in the city:Pref/Gosnells s/Western Australia. Derived terms en Combe Martin Eastleach Martin Fornham St Martin Glen Martin Martin Dales Martin Hussingtree Martin Lucifer Coon Martin Mill Martinborough Martinism Martinistic Martinize Martins Creek Martins Heron Martinsburg Martinverse Marty Saint Martin,Saint-Martin Smith-Martin-Dodd syndrome St Martin-by-Looe St Martin-in-Meneage St. Martin Parish St. Martin's summer,St Martin's summer St. Martin,St Martin,St-Martin,St.-Martin St. Martinville Trimley St Martin Wareham St Martin Related terms en San Martin De Porres Martina Martinmas Translations given name Albanian: sq Martin Arabic: ar مَارْتِن m Armenian: hy Մարտին Basque: eu Martin Belarusian: be Марцін m Breton: br Marzhin m Bulgarian: bg Мартин m Catalan: ca Martí m Chinese: Cantonese: yue 馬丁 maa5 ding1 Hokkien: nan-hbl 馬丁 Má-teng Mandarin: cmn 馬丁 Mǎdīng, cmn 瑪爾定 Mǎ'ěrdìng Catholic Czech: cs Martin m Danish: da Martin, da Morten Dutch: nl Martijn m, nl Maarten m, nl Martinus m Esperanto: eo Marteno Estonian: et Martin, et Mart Fala: fax Martín Finnish: fi Martti French: fr Martin m Galician: gl Martiño m German: de Martin m Bavarian: bar Mescht Greek: el Μαρτίνος m, el Μάρτιν transliteration from English Ancient Greek: grc Μᾱρτι̂νος m Hebrew: he מרטין m Hungarian: hu Márton Icelandic: is Marteinn m Irish: ga Mártan m, ga Máirtín m Italian: it Martino m Japanese: ja マーティン Mātin Kashubian: csb Môrcën m Korean: ko ^마틴 Latin: la Mārtīnus m Latvian: lv Mārtiņš m Limburgish: li Martin m Lithuanian: lt Martynas m Low German: nds Matten m Macedonian: mk Мартин m Māori: mi Mātene Norman: nrf Martîn Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Martin m, nb Morten m Nynorsk: nn Martin m, nn Morten m Picard: pcd Martiny Polish: pl Marcin m Portuguese: pt Martinho m, pt Martim m Romanian: ro Martin m Russian: ru Ма́ртин m, ru Марты́н m Scottish Gaelic: gd Màrtainn m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Ма̀ртин m Latin: sh Màrtin m Sicilian: scn Martinu m Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: dsb Měto m Upper Sorbian: hsb Měrćin m Spanish: es Martín m Swedish: sv Martin c, sv Mårten c Ukrainian: uk Марти́н m Venetan: vec Martin m Vietnamese: vi Martinô, vi Mạc Tính, vi Máctinô, vi Mạc Ty Nho Vilamovian: wym Mjēta m, wym Mieta m Walloon: wa Mårtén m West Flemish: vls Maartens m Statistics According to the 2010 United States Census, Martin is the 20th 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. References Anagrams en aimnrt matrin Antrim mantri Albanian Etymology From Latin la Mārtīnus of or like Mars” or “little Mars (la Mars Mārs, Mārtis + la -īnus diminutive suffix). Proper noun sq proper noun m Martini sq male Martin Latin sq male Martin Latin Declension Derived terms sq Martinaj Related terms sq Mark m, sq Marku m, aln Marki, sq Markaj sq Marte f, sq Martja f sq Albanian male given names from Latin Albanian surnames from Latin Cebuano Etymology ceb es Martín, from ceb la Mārtīnus of or like Mars” or “little Mars, la Mars Mārs, Mārtis + la -īnus diminutive suffix. Pronunciation ceb Mar tin Proper noun + ceb male Martin Spanish < Latin ceb Spanish < Latin Czech cs: Etymology 1 cs la Mārtīnus of or like Mars” or “little Mars, la Mars Mārs, Mārtis + la -īnus diminutive suffix. Pronunciation [ty] Proper noun m-an Martina cs male Martin Latin cs m Declension m.an Further reading Etymology 2 Pronunciation cs LL-Q9056 (ces)-Ghost4Man-Martin.wav Adjective cs possessive Marta: Marta's Declension Further reading Danish Etymology From da la Mārtīnus of or like Mars” or “little Mars, la Mars Mārs, Mārtis + la -īnus diminutive suffix. Proper noun da proper noun da male Martin Latin Related terms male given names da Morten female names da Martine surnames da Martinsen, da Mortensen 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. Estonian Etymology From et la Mārtīnus of or like Mars” or “little Mars, la Mars Mārs, Mārtis + la -īnus diminutive suffix. Pronunciation Proper noun et proper noun et male Martin Latin Related terms et Mart, et Marten, et Martti, et Märt Faroese Proper noun fo proper noun m fo male Martin Latin Usage notes m Martinsson Martinsdóttir Declension Martin Martin Martini Martins Finnish Proper noun fi proper noun form fi Martti gen s Anagrams fi aimnrt mitran French Etymology fr la Mārtīnus of or like Mars” or “little Mars from la Mars -īnus diminutive suffix 1. Pronunciation fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Benoît Prieur-Fontaines-Saint-Martin.wav Fontaines-Saint-Martin fr LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-Martin.wav <<France>> (<<Lyon>>) fr ɛ̃ 2 Proper noun m fr male Martin Latin Martine fr patronymics Derived terms fr été de la Saint-Martin Anagrams fr mirant rimant German Etymology From de la Mārtīnus of or like Mars” or “little Mars, la Mars Mārs, Mārtis + la -īnus diminutive suffix. Pronunciation de /ˈmarˌtiːn/ [ˈmaʁ-] [ˈmaɐ̯-] [ˈmaː-] de De-Martin.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) de /ˈmar.tɪn/ somewhat less common Proper noun de proper noun de male Martin Latin Derived terms de Martinssingen Related terms de Martina female name de Martinisingen Proper noun surname de patronymics Italian it :from Martino Pronunciation Martìn Adjective it proper noun form m apocopate it Martino Martin it Lutero - Martin Luther, a German reformer it martin pescatore - the common kingfisher Middle English Alternative forms enm Martyn Etymology From enm la Mārtīnus of or like Mars” or “little Mars, la Mars Mārs, Mārtis -īnus diminutive suffix 1. See la Mārs for further etymology. Proper noun enm male Descendants en Martin yol Marteen References 1 Norwegian Etymology From no la Mārtīnus of or like Mars” or “little Mars, la Mars Mārs, Mārtis + la -īnus diminutive suffix. First recorded in Norway ca. 1200. Proper noun no male Martin Latin Usage notes The most common given name of men born in Norway in the 1990s. Related terms male given names no Morten female given names no Martine surnames no Martinsen, no Mortensen References Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, 82-521-4483-7 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. Old French Etymology From fro la Mārtīnus of or like Mars” or “little Mars, la Mars Mārs, Mārtis + la -īnus diminutive suffix. Proper noun m fro male Martin Latin Old Galician-Portuguese Etymology roa-opt :inh la:Martīnus 1 1 Proper noun roa-opt proper noun m roa-opt male Derived terms roa-opt Martĩiz Related terms roa-opt Martinho Descendants pt Martim Further reading Universo Cantigas - "Martin" Slovak sk:+ (prvé meno) sk: Pronunciation Martyn sk Sk-Martin.ogg Proper noun m-pr sk male Martin Latin sk city c/Slovakia Martin Declension m-pr name Further reading Swedish Etymology From sv la Mārtīnus of or like Mars” or “little Mars, la Mars Mārs, Mārtis + la -īnus diminutive suffix. Proper noun c sv male Martin Latin Related terms male given names sv Mårten female given names sv Martina surnames sv Martinsson, sv Mårtensson References Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, 91-21-10937-0 Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, 9119551622: 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. Tagalog Etymology tl es Martín, from tl la Mārtīnus of or like Mars” or “little Mars, la Mars Mārs, Mārtis + la -īnus diminutive suffix. Pronunciation Proper noun + tl male Martin Spanish < Latin tl Spanish < Latin