Matin

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Марат in RU Russia, KZ Kazakhstan, KG Kyrgyzstan and 5 more, Martin in SE Sweden, NL Netherlands, LA Laos and 2 more, Marat in US United States, BE Belgium, HR Croatia and Matan in AT Austria, 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 5 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◐

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

• English surname56K records spelled Matin21 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Bangladesh, United States, India, United Kingdom

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Maetin, Mâtin, Mätin, Matín, Matïn

• Bangla surname46K records spelled Matin8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Bangladesh, India, United States, United Kingdom

  Also written মতিন, Mutin, Mãtìñ, Mátin, মুতিন

• a separate surname22K records spelled Matin4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Iran, Pakistan

  Also written Matīn, Mātin, Matín

• French surname2.0K records spelled Matin6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Spain, United Kingdom

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Mâtin, Matín, Mātin, Matīn

• Croatian surname1.6K records spelled Matin11 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Croatia, United States, Serbia, India

  Languages: Croatian, Slovenian, Bulgarian

  Also written Матин, Matín

• Norwegian Bokmål surname1.1K records spelled Matin7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Norway, Denmark, United States, India

  Languages: Norwegian Bokmål, Danish, Norwegian

  Also written Måtín

• Sinhala given name651 records spelled Matin4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, India, United Kingdom, Canada

  Also written Martin, මාටින්, Martín

49 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●

Matin 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 English, of or relating to matins

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

• strong; solid; firm

  as a name·Muslim baby names (our 2,000 meaningful and beautiful names for boys and girls) English-Urdu with Roman

• Strong, solid,

  as a name·Dictionary of Islamic Names

• In Arabic, strong, powerful, solid, of resolute mind; durable. Al-Matin: the Strong, one of the names of Allah

  as a name·A Dictionary of Muslim Names

• In Arabic, strong, powerful. Al-Mateen (cI! the Strong: one of the names of Allah. 3,2!! 43 Gls!) ga ail G!

  as a name·A Dictionary of Muslim Names

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●

IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 90 years between 1899–2017. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Mansoon Matinb. 1923IRIranian actor
• Mohammad A. Matinb. 1977BDscientist

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 · 400 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Matin?

We estimate roughly 1.0 million people bear Matin (counting its spellings and scripts) across 16 countries in our records.

In which country does Matin have the most bearers?

Matin is most frequently recorded in Russia, where it is most often spelled марат.

Where is Matin most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Matin is densest in the Czechia — about 1 in 28 people — even though Russia holds more of our records for it.

How common is Matin compared with other names?

In Russia, Matin is the 101st most common given name of 418,751 given names recorded there.

What does the name Matin mean?

Recorded meaning: from a personal name based on Arabic mafm ‘strong’, ‘powerful’.