Given name · also Old Galician-Portuguese
Martim
Martim is a masculine given name from Old Galician-Portuguese, ultimately from Latin. It is used in Portuguese.
Original LatinMartinus
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Martim comes from Old Galician-Portuguese, and ultimately from Latin.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Old Galician-Portuguese Martin, from Latin Martīnus.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Martim’s family of names
In Portuguese usage, Martim shares an earlier linguistic root with Martinho. In Portuguese usage, Martim has a conventional equivalent in the English form Martin. In Portuguese usage, Martim continues an earlier form in Martin.
The ring: across languages.
Around the world
Martim has relatives in 30 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
Latinwhere Martim comes from · 1 name
Across languages 27
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- MartinusLatin, Dutch
- Martinolder form · English, French
- Martinoalso known as · Italian, Portuguese
- MarcinPolish
- MortenNorwegian Bokmål, Danish
- MartynasLithuanian
- MaartenDutch
- MartijnDutch
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People named Martim
- Martim SilveiraBrazilian footballer (1911-1972)
- Martim Afonso de SousaPortuguese explorer1500–1564
- Martim CostaPortuguese handball playerborn 2002
- Martim MonizPortuguese noble (died 1147)
- Martim MarquesPortuguese footballerborn 2004
- Martim FranciscoBrazilian association football manager1928–1982
- Martim Afonso de CastroPortuguese colonial administrator1560–1607
- Martim Francisco Ribeiro de AndradaBrazilian politician1775–1844
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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