Martin

Etymology
From, from ,. See for further etymology.

Proper noun

 * 1)  originally given in honor of a fourth century soldier-saint.
 * :Scene 2:
 * Expect Saint Martin's summer, halcyon days, / Since I have entered into these wars.
 * 1) * 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.
 * 1)  for someone who lived near a mere.
 * 2) A placename, including:
 * 1)  for someone who lived near a mere.
 * 2) A placename, including:
 * 1)  for someone who lived near a mere.
 * 2) A placename, including:

Translations

 * Albanian: Martin
 * Armenian: Մարտին
 * Basque:
 * Bavarian: Mescht
 * Belarusian: Марцін
 * Breton: Marzhin
 * Bulgarian: Мартин
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 馬丁
 * Hokkien: 馬丁
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: Martin, Morten
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Esperanto: Marteno
 * Estonian: Martin, Mart
 * Fala: Martín
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient Greek: Μᾱρτι̂νος
 * Hebrew: מרטין
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Irish: Mártan, Máirtín
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: マーティン
 * Kashubian: Môrcën
 * Korean: ^마틴
 * Latin: Mārtīnus
 * Latvian: Mārtiņš
 * Limburgish:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Low German: Matten
 * Macedonian: Мартин
 * Maori: Mātene
 * Norman: Martîn
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: ,
 * Nynorsk: Martin, Morten
 * Picard: Martiny
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: Martin
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: Màrtainn
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: Ма̀ртин
 * Roman:
 * Sicilian:
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: Měto
 * Upper Sorbian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Ukrainian: Марти́н
 * Venetian:
 * Vietnamese: Martinô, Mạc Tính, Máctinô, Mạc Ty Nho
 * Vilamovian: Mjēta, Mieta
 * Walloon:
 * West Flemish: Maartens

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.

Etymology
From Latin ( + ).

Proper noun

 * 1)  (indefinite form)
 * 2) . (indefinite form)

Etymology
From, from , +.

Etymology 1
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Adjective

 * : Marta's

Etymology
From, +.

Etymology
From, +.

Usage notes
Patronymics
 * son of Martin: Martinsson
 * daughter of Martin: Martinsdóttir

Etymology
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Proper noun

 * 1) . Feminine form:

Etymology
From, +.

Etymology
From,. See for further etymology.

Etymology
From, +. First recorded in Norway ca. 1200.

Usage notes

 * The most common given name of men born in Norway in the 1990s.

Etymology
From, +.

Etymology
From, +.