Given name
Mārtiņš
“of or like Mars”
Mārtiņš is a masculine given name from Latin, meaning “of or like Mars" or "little Mars.” It is used in Latvian.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Mārtiņš means “of or like Mars" or "little Mars.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Latin Martinus (“of or like Mars" or "little Mars”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Mārtiņš’s family of names
In Latvian usage, Mārtiņš has a conventional equivalent in the English form Martin. In Latvian usage, Mārtiņš has a conventional equivalent in the Portuguese form Martino. In Latvian usage, Mārtiņš has a conventional equivalent in the Portuguese form MARTIM.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Mārtiņš has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
3 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 8
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Mārtiņš
- Mārtiņš RubenisLatvian luger (born 1978)
- Mārtiņš PļaviņšLatvian beach volleyball player (born 1985)
- Mārtiņš BotsLatvian lugerborn 1999
- Mārtiņš FreimanisLatvian musician and actor (1977–2011)
- Mārtiņš KarsumsLatvian ice hockey player (born 1986)
- Mārtiņš MeiersLatvian basketball player (born 1991)
- Mārtiņš CipulisLatvian ice hockey playerborn 1980
- Mārtiņš DzierkalsLatvian ice hockey playerborn 1997
- Mārtiņš StaķisLatvian entrepreneur and politicianborn 1979
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