Given name & surname
Martino
“dedicated to Mars, the god of war”
Martino is a variant of Martin. One Latin interpretation is “dedicated to Mars, the god of war.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Martino is a variant of Martin. One Latin interpretation is “dedicated to Mars, the god of war.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Martino is a variant 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 1959. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Martino is a variant 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
Martino through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 765
- 765 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2008
- 25 babies
- 2025
- 14
- #6,324 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −18%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 14 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 6,324 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 25 in 2008. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 837 as a first name in 2020; 12,526 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.
Martino’s family of names
In Italian usage, Martino has a diminutive in Tino. Martino shares a linguistic root with Martin. In Italian usage, Martino has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Marcin.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Martino has relatives in 30 languages.
29 related names in 30 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 30
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Martinianoequivalent
- MarcinPolish
- Martenequivalent
- Martynequivalent
- MortenNorwegian Bokmål, Danish
- MartynasLithuanian
- MartinusLatin, Dutch
- MaartenDutch
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- MartijnDutch
- MartEstonian
- МартинRussian, Macedonian
- Martimalso known as · Portuguese
- MartínSpanish
- Môrcënequivalent
- Martioequivalent
- MårtenSwedish
- МартынRussian
- MārtiņšLatvian
- マーティンJapanese
- MarteinnIcelandic
- MáirtínIrish
- MártanIrish
- MártonHungarian
- MàrtainnScottish Gaelic
- MarttiFinnish
- MartenoEsperanto
- 마틴Korean
- 马丁Chinese
- MartíCatalan
- ՄարտինArmenian
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Martino
- Martino MartiniItalian Jesuit missionary, cartographer and historian (1614-1661)
- Martino CarolloItalian cross-country skierborn 2003
- Martino AltomonteItalian painter (1657-1745)
- Martino da ComoItalian culinary expert1430–1500
- Martino ZaccariaLord of Chios
- Martino Longhi the ElderItalian architect (1534–1591)
- Martino GorettiItalian rowerborn 1985
- Martino Longhi the YoungerItalian architect (1602–1660)
- Martino AnziItalian botanist, naturalist and anthropologist (1812-1883)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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