Martina

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Martine in CA Canada, BE Belgium, מרטינה in FR France and Martinha in BR Brazil.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 14 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Martina is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Czech given name947K records spelled Martina52 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Czechia, Croatia, Poland, United States

  Languages: Czech, Croatian, Polish

  Also written Мартина, Martine, Мартіна, Мартына, Martyna

• Catalan given name71K records spelled Martina4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain

  Also written Martiña, Martína

• a separate given name26K records spelled Martina4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Italy, United Kingdom, Switzerland

  Also written Mārṭina, Martína, Martiñá

• Hungarian given name17K records spelled Martina5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Slovenia, Hungary, United States, Italy

  Also written Martine, Martiné, Martinà, Mártíné

• Finnish given name9.8K records spelled Martina7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, Sweden, Italy, United States

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Martinä, Martiña, Martìna, Martína, Mårţïňâ

• Lao given name6.0K records spelled Martina13 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Laos, Italy, United States, Thailand

  Languages: Lao, Thai

  Also written มาร์ติน่า, มาร์ตินา, มาร์ตีน่า, Mārtįnã, Mằřtîñã

• Albanian given name1.7K records spelled Martina2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Albania, Italy, United States, Sweden

  Also written Mårtinå

74 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Martina is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Italian, from the feminine form of the personal name Martino.

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• In Swedish, Martina är en femininform till Martinus (→ Martin). Martyna är en polsk form och Martine en fransk. I både den rikssvenska och finlandssvenska almanackan 10 november.

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

• In Italian, forma feminina de Martino

  as a name·Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

• In French, Forme féminine de Martin, du latin Martinus, lié à Mars; fête associée à saint Martin (11 nov.).

  as a name·Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

• In English, Latin feminine form of Martin

  as a name·Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 145 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Emma Moranob. 1899ITnot in their usual nameItalian supercentenarian (1899–2017)
• Catherine Connollyb. 1955IEnot in their usual namePresident of Ireland since 2025 (born 1955)
• Martina Navratilovab. 1956CZCzech-American tennis player
• Martina Hellmannb. 1960DEEast German discus thrower
• Martina Gedeckb. 1961DEGerman actress and voice actress
• Martina McBrideb. 1966USAmerican country singer
• Martina Hingisb. 1980CHSwiss tennis player
• Tarra Whiteb. 1987CZnot in their usual nameCzech pornographic actress
• Martina Bartab. 1988CZCzech jazz musician and singer
• Tini Stoesselb. 1997ARnot in their usual nameArgentine singer and actress

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 1,410 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Martina?

We estimate roughly 473 thousand people bear Martina (counting its spellings and scripts) across 12 countries in our records.

In which country does Martina have the most bearers?

Martina is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled martina.

Where is Martina most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Martina is densest in the Czechia — about 1 in 66 people — even though Argentina holds more of our records for it.

How common is Martina compared with other names?

In Argentina, Martina is the 175th most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.

Is Martina a male or female name?

Martina is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Martina mean?

Recorded meaning: Feminine form of Martin; popular in Ireland; related by tradition to St Patrick.