Given name & surname
Martins
Martins is a given name. It is used in English and Portuguese.
Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Martins isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2020. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Martins through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2020
- 5 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 boys is 5 in 2020. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 374 as a first name in 2020; 13,063 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.
Martins’s family of names
In Portuguese usage, Martins as a surname shares a linguistic root with the Spanish form Martínez. In German usage, Martins as a surname has a related form in Martin. In English usage, Martins as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the Lithuanian form Martinaitis.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Martins has relatives in 4 languages.
5 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
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 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Martins
- Martins DukursLatvian skeleton racerborn 1984
- Martins PenaBrazilian writer (1815-1848)
- Martins Imhangbeactorborn 1991
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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