Given name & surname
Martine
“dedicated to Mars, the god of war”
Martine is a feminine form of Martin. One Latin interpretation is “dedicated to Mars, the god of war.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Martine is a feminine form of Martin. One Latin interpretation is “dedicated to Mars, the god of war.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Martine is a feminine form of 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 1894. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Martine is a feminine form of 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
Martine through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,018
- 313 boys · 2,705 girls
- Most popular year
- 1981
- 214 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #11,556 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 20% boys.
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 11,556 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 205 in 1981. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 5,324 as a first name in 2020; 2,597 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.
Martine’s family of names
In Norwegian usage, Martine has a diminutive in Tine. Martine is a feminine form of Martin. Martine has a related form in Martina.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Martine has relatives in 6 languages.
5 related names in 6 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 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 10
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Martinmasculine form
- Marthaequivalent
- Martaequivalent
- Martieequivalent
- MartynaPolish
- Мартинаequivalent
- Märtaequivalent
- Mártaequivalent
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People named Martine
- Martine AubryFrench politician (born 1950)
- Yolande de PolastronFrench aristocrat and courtier (1749–1793)
- Martine BeswickJamaican actress and modelborn 1941
- Martine McCutcheonEnglish actress and singerborn 1976
- Martine BertereauFrench scientist (c. 1590 - after 1642)
- Martine GraelBrazilian sailorborn 1991
- Martine BrochardFrench actress1944–2025
- Martine MoïseHaitian politicianborn 1974
- Martine SmeetsDutch handball playerborn 1990
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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