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First name origins & meanings:
- Latin: Warlike; who loves everyone; warring
- English: Warrior of Mars, warlike, warring
First name variations: Marta, Martine, Marty, Tina, Martina, Mart, Marten, Martie, Marton, Marty, Maartan, Maartin, Martain, Martine, Marton, Mertin Last name origins & meanings:
- English, Scottish, Irish, French, Dutch, German, Czech, Slovak, Spanish
(Martín), Italian (Venice), etc.: from a personal name
(Latin Martinus, a derivative of Mars, genitive
Martis, the Roman god of fertility and war, whose name may
derive ultimately from a root mar ‘gleam’). This was borne by a
famous 4th-century saint, Martin of Tours, and consequently became
extremely popular throughout Europe in the Middle Ages. As a North
American surname, this form has absorbed many cognates from other
European forms.
- English: habitational name from any
of several places so called, principally in Hampshire, Lincolnshire,
and Worcestershire, named in Old English as ‘settlement by a lake’
(from mere or mær ‘pool’, ‘lake’ + tūn
‘settlement’) or as ‘settlement by a boundary’ (from
(ge)mære ‘boundary’ + tūn ‘settlement’). The place
name has been charged from Marton under the influence of the
personal name Martin.
Famous people with this first name:
Martin Lawrence,
Martin Scorsese,
Martin Sheen,
Martin Short Famous people with this last name:
Chris Martin,
Kellie Martin This name appears in the following lists:
Black History/Civil Rights Leaders,
Saints,
Presidents' Kids,
Rock Kings and Queens,
U.S. Presidents
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