Martinus

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Martin in US United States, FR France, NO Norway and 6 more and Marti in ES Spain, AR Argentina, PL Poland and 5 more.

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 19 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◐

Martinus is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Portuguese given name1.7K records spelled Martinus6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Netherlands, South Africa

  Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

  Also written Märtïnüs, Martinuš

• a separate given name978 records spelled Martinus2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Netherlands, United States, Canada, Sweden

  Also written Martinuš

• Spanish surname549 records spelled Martinus179 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Mexico, Spain, United States, Venezuela

  Languages: Spanish, English, Russian

  Also written Marin, Марьин, Марин, Марін, Mariñ

• Italian given name415 records spelled Martinus2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Netherlands, Malaysia, United States, South Africa

  Also written Martinos

52 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●

Martinus 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 Latin, from Latin Martinus, from Mars, the Roman god of war

  as a name·Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

• In Dutch, a male given name, equivalent to English Martin

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In English, Alternative form of martini.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In German, patronymisch zu Martinus/Martin; Belege: Martin, Martens, Mertins, Mertens, Martins, Märtens, Maertens

  as a name·Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen

• In German, from Latin Martinus, derived from Mars

  as a name·Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

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●

NO SSB — Navn (1880–present) — 35 years between 1946–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Martin Ib. 598ITnot in their usual name7th‑century pope and martyr, bishop of Rome (649–655), exiled for opposing Monothelitism, venerated as a saint in Catholic and Orthodox Churches
• Martin IVb. 1220FRnot in their usual nameHead of the Catholic Church from 1281 to 1285
• Martin Vb. 1369ITnot in their usual namepope of the Catholic Church from 1417 to 1431
• Marthinus Wessel Pretoriusb. 1819ZAnot in their usual nameSouth African politician (1819–1901)
• Martinus Wilhelm Beijerinckb. 1851NLDutch microbiologist (1851–1931)
• Tinus Osendarpb. 1916NLnot in their usual nameDutch sprint runner (1916–2002)
• Martinus Veltmanb. 1931NLDutch theoretical physicist (1931–2021)
• Ruud van Nistelrooyb. 1976NLnot in their usual nameDutch association football player and coach
• Tijjani Reijndersb. 1998NLnot in their usual nameDutch footballer (born 1998)
• Martinus Gunnarsenb. 2002NONorwegian singer

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 · 245 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Martinus?

We estimate roughly 1.1 million people bear Martinus (counting its spellings and scripts) across 16 countries in our records.

In which country does Martinus have the most bearers?

We estimate about 377 thousand people bear Martinus in the Czechia, more than in any other country in our records.

Where is Martinus most common?

Martinus is densest in the Czechia, where the national register counts about 1 in 28 people carrying it.

How common is Martinus compared with other names?

In the Netherlands, Martinus is the 26th most common given name of 134,847 given names recorded there.

Is Martinus a male or female name?

Martinus is a male 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 Martinus mean?

Recorded meaning: from Latin Martinus, 'belonging to Mars'