English

Proper noun

Martin

1. A male given name originally given in honor of a fourth century soldier-saint.
   • 1593, William Shakespeare, King Henry VI, Part 1, Act I:Scene 2:

     Expect Saint Martin's summer, halcyon days, / Since I have entered into these wars.

   • 1767 Laurence Sterne, Tristram Shandy, Book IV ( Slawkenbergius's Tale ):

     Luther was not born in the year 1483, but in 84; and not on the 22nd day of October, but on the 10th of November, the eve of Martinmas day, from whence he had the name of Martin. - - - Now you see, brother Toby, he would say, looking up, "that christian names are not such indifferent things;" - Had Luther here been called by any other name but Martin, he would have been damned to all eternity - Not that I look upon Martin, he would add, as a good name - far from it - 'tis something better than a neutral, and but a little - yet little as it is, you see it was of some service to him.

   • 1933 Eleanor Farjeon, Over the Garden Wall, Faber and Faber, page 90 ("Boys' Names")

     What splendid names for boys there are! / There's Carol like a rolling car, / And Martin like a flying bird,/

   • 2006 Kate Atkinson, One Good Turn, Black Swan(2007), ISBN 9780552772440, page 81:

     Martin was pretty dull as names went but 'Alex Blake' had a certain dash to it. His publishers hadn't considered Martin's own name to be 'punchy' enough.

2. A patronymic surname​.
3. An English habitational surname​ for someone who lived near a mere.

Related terms

• Martina
• Martinmas

Translations

Czech

Etymology

From Latin Martinus ‎(“of or like Mars" or "little Mars”), Mars, Martis + -inus (diminutive suffix). Cognate to English Martin.

Proper noun

Martin m

1. A male given name. Feminine form: Martina.

Adjective

Martin

1. possessive of Marta: Marta's

Danish

Etymology

From Latin Martinus ‎(“of or like Mars" or "little Mars”), Mars, Martis + -inus (diminutive suffix). Cognate to English Martin.

Proper noun

Martin

1. A male given name.

Related terms

• (male given names) Morten
• (female names) Martine
• (surnames) Martinsen, Mortensen

References

• Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 58 178 males with the given name Martin have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1980s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

Estonian

Etymology

From Latin Martinus ‎(“of or like Mars" or "little Mars”), Mars, Martis + -inus (diminutive suffix). Cognate to English Martin.

Proper noun

Martin

1. A male given name.

Related terms

• Mart, Marten, Martti, Märt

Faroese

Proper noun

Martin m

1. A male given name.

Usage notes

Patronymics

• son of Martin: Martinsson
• daughter of Martin: Martinsdóttir

Declension

Finnish

Proper noun

Martin

1. Genitive singular form of Martti.

Anagrams

• mitran

French

Etymology

From Latin Martinus ‎(“of or like Mars" or "little Mars”), Mars, Martis + -inus (diminutive suffix). Cognate to English Martin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maʁtɛ̃/

Proper noun

Martin m

1. A male given name. Feminine form: Martine.
2. A patronymic surname​.

Anagrams

• mirant
• rimant

German

Etymology

From Latin Martinus ‎(“of or like Mars" or "little Mars”), Mars, Martis + -inus (diminutive suffix). Cognate to English Martin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maʁtɪn/

Proper noun

Martin

1. A male given name.
2. A patronymic surname​.

Related terms

• (female name) Martina

Norwegian

Etymology

From Latin Martinus ‎(“of or like Mars" or "little Mars”), Mars, Martis + -inus (diminutive suffix). First recorded in Norway ca. 1200. Cognate with English Martin.

Proper noun

Martin

1. A male given name.

Usage notes

• The most common given name of men born in Norway in the 1990s.

Related terms

• (male given names) Morten
• (female given names) Martine
• (surnames) Martinsen, Mortensen

References

• Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, ISBN 82-521-4483-7
• Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 20 132 males with the given name Martin living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1990s. Accessed on April 29th, 2011.

Old French

Etymology

From Latin Martinus ‎(“of or like Mars" or "little Mars”), Mars, Martis + -inus (diminutive suffix).

Proper noun

Martin m ‎(nominative singular Martins)

1. A male given name, cognate to Martin in Modern English

Slovak

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Martin m

1. A male given name.

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin Martinus ‎(“of or like Mars" or "little Mars”), Mars, Martis + -inus (diminutive suffix). Cognate to English Martin.

Proper noun

Martin

1. A male given name.

Related terms

• (male given names) Mårten
• (female given names) Martina
• (surnames) Martinsson, Mårtensson

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, ISBN 91-21-10937-0
• Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, ISBN 9119551622: 72 420 males with the given name Martin living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1980s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

English

Noun

martin ‎(plural martins)

1. Any of various passerine birds of the family Hirundinidae, which also includes swallows, that catch insects whilst flying.

Translations

Derived terms

• house martin
• martinet (bird)
• sand martin

See also

• Wikipedia article on martins
• Martin — Wikipedia disambiguation page, a list of topics referred to as "Martin"

Etymology 2

Uncertain.

Noun

martin ‎(plural martins)

1. A perforated stone-faced runner for grinding.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maʁtɛ̃/

Noun

martin m ‎(plural martins)

1. Bird of either the starling family, or of the kingfisher family.

Anagrams

• mirant, rimant

Italian

Noun

martin m ‎(invariable)

1. Only used in the term martin pescatore