Given name & surname
Marten
“dedicated to Mars, the god of war”
Marten has a related form in Martin. One Latin interpretation is “dedicated to Mars, the god of war.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Marten has a related form in Martin. One Latin interpretation is “dedicated to Mars, the god of war.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Marten has a related form in Martin. An origin associated with Martin is Latin.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Marten has a related form in Martin. The history of Martin gives this family its wider story. Martin was in use during the Middle Ages.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Marten through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 506
- 506 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1963
- 17 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 7 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 17 in 1963. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 644 as a first name in 2020; 3,042 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Marten’s family of names
In English usage, Marten has a diminutive in Marty. Marten shares a linguistic root with Martin. In Greek usage, Marten is a transliteration of Μαρτέν.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Marten has relatives in 4 languages.
3 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 15
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Marten
- Marten de RoonDutch association football player (born 1991)
- Marten LiivEstonian speed skater (born 1996)
- Marten von BarnekowGerman equestrian (1900-1967)
- Marten ToonderDutch cartoonist (1912–2005)
- Marten Eikelboomfield hockey playerborn 1973
- Marten Van RielBelgian triathleteborn 1992
- Marten van CleveFlemish painter and draftsman (c.1527–1581)
- Marten WinklerGerman association football playerborn 2002
- Marten van ValckenborchFlemish Renaissance painter (1535-1612)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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