Given name & surname
Marton
“dedicated to Mars, the god of war”
Marton is a variant of Martin. One Latin interpretation is “dedicated to Mars, the god of war.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Marton 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
Marton 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 1916. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Marton 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
Marton through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 120
- 120 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1923
- 8 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 2017. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 322 as a first name in 2020; 1,663 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.
Marton’s family of names
Marton shares a linguistic root with Martin. In Romanian usage, Marton as a surname was borrowed from the Hungarian form Márton. Marton has a related form in Martin.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Marton
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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