Given name & surname
Martia
“dedicated to Mars, the god of war”
Martia is a variant of Marcia. In Latin use, Marcia carries the interpretation “dedicated to Mars, the god of war.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Martia is a variant of Marcia. In Latin use, Marcia carries the interpretation “dedicated to Mars, the god of war.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1954. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Martia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 383
- 0 boys · 383 girls
- Most popular year
- 1991
- 27 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 girls is 6 in 2009. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 27 in 1991. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 485 as a first name in 2020; 142 as a surname in 2000.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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