Given name & surname · also Latin
Martina
“dedicated to Mars, the god of war”
Martina is a feminine form of Martin. One Latin interpretation is “dedicated to Mars, the god of war.”
Original LatinMartinus
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Martina carries the interpretation “dedicated to Mars, the god of war.” Martina is a feminine form of Martin. One Latin interpretation is “dedicated to Mars, the god of war.”
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Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
How it developed
Martina is used as a feminine counterpart of Martin.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Martina is a feminine form of Martin. The history of Martin gives this family its wider story. Martin was in use during the Middle Ages.
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Martina through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 18,538
- 40 boys · 18,498 girls
- Most popular year
- 1964
- 340 babies
- 2025
- 161
- #1,371 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +13%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 161 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 1,371 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 12.7% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 335 in 1964. In 2025, Florida had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (49). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 28,494 as a first name in 2020; 1,565 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.
Martina’s family of names
In English usage, Martina has a diminutive in Tina. Martina is a feminine form of Martin. In English usage, Martina has a conventional equivalent in the French form Martine.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Martina has relatives in 16 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
Latinwhere Martina comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 20
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 4
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.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Martina
- Martina NavratilovaCzech-American tennis playerborn 1956
- Martina HingisSwiss tennis playerborn 1980
- TiniArgentine singer and actress (born 1997)
- Martina SáblíkováCzech speed skater and cyclistborn 1987
- Martina McBrideAmerican country singerborn 1966
- Martina GedeckGerman actress and voice actressborn 1961
- Martina BártaCzech jazz musician and singerborn 1988
- Martina HellmannEast German discus throwerborn 1960
- MartinaByzantine empress598–641
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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