Martin comes from the Roman name Martinus, which was derived from the name of the Roman god Mars. It is possibly related to Latin ‘mas’ meaning ‘male’.
Martin is a male first name. In very rare cases it is also used for girls.
The name Martin isn’t among the current fashionable names in our top 10 stats, but nonetheless, it’s still very popular and common. In our SmartGenius ranking of all boys names, Martin ranks 268. Recently, out of every 10,000 newborn boys, approximately 7 were named Martin. In the entire USA, approximately 298,863 people – children, adults and seniors – currently bear the name Martin. That is 0.09 % of all living Americans.
Martin comes from the Roman name Martinus, which was derived from the name of the Roman god Mars. It is possibly related to Latin ‘mas’ meaning ‘male’.
Due to Saint Martin ... of Tours, a 4th-century bishop and patron saint of France, the name became popular in almost all European languages.
Appearing throughout the time in the United States, the name Martin is a staple in the country: Boys have been given the name Martin for more than 140 years, according to official U.S. naming statistics. Therefore, Martin is one of the 442 boys' names, that have been given to newborn sons every year since 1880. Even beyond that, Martin is a very special name that peaked in popularity over 100 years ago in the 19th century, ranking in the top 100 boys' names in our SmartGenius first name statistics: Placed at #43 Martin has never been more popular than back in 1880.
In years where the graph has no value, the name Martin was given less than five times or even none at all in the entire USA.
As many as 1,096 babies were named Martin in the USA in 2022, ranking it #295 on the list of the most popular boys' names for that year. However, it experienced its lowest point of popularity in 2021, when it was only ranked at #298 of all male names in our SmartGenius statistics - back then 1,089 boys were named Martin.
Wherever you go, wherever you live – there’s a good chance to meet Martin. Because: There are men and boys named Martin in every state in the USA. This may sound quite unspectacular at first, but in fact, of the nearly 50,000 different male first names that occur in the USA, just 386 are recorded in each individual state, so the name Martin is definitely something very special. In some regions it even makes it into the top 100 of the most popular male first names, for example in New York, where Martin ranks on position 64. The greatest chance of meeting Martin, however, is in New Mexico, where one in 281 boys and men bears this beautiful name – that is far above average – in the entire USA it is only one in 559 men and boys and in Alabama, where the name is least represented in relation to the population, you even have to ask an average of 1,272 men and boys for their name before you once get Martin as an answer.
Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter M is a particularly popular initial letter for boys’ names – 6.2% of all common boys’ names in the US begin with this letter. By the way, the most common first letters for boys’ names are J and A.
With six letters, the name Martin is of average length. In fact, 28% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly six letters. 24% of all first names are shorter, while 48% have seven letters or more. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.
That means that with 6.2% of all boys' names that begin with an M, this first letter is much more common than the other letters on average. If you are now wondering which boys’ name with M is the most common... the answer is Michael.
If your name is Martin and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...
So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Martin, you can simply say:
Mouse
Apple
Rocket
Tiger
Igloo
Nut
Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.
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Just use American Sign Language!
These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.
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In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.
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In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Martin sounds like this:
