Martinus

Boys' name

English equivalent of Martin

Martinus has been given to 29 babies in the U.S. since 1970. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1982, with 7 recorded.

Babies named Martinus, 1993

1 in 628,000

Martinus over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Martinus: meaning, origin, and history

English equivalent of Martin

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Martinus means

Martinus is a English equivalent of Martin.

Origin, language, and formation

Martinus is used in Dutch and Latin.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Martin and Mars.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Dutch, Martinus is pronounced /mɑrˈti.nʏs/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 29 boys were recorded with the name Martinus between 1970 and 1993. Its highest annual count was 7 in 1982; its best national rank was #5,189 in 1970.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Martinus?

Martinus had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1993, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1993: 1 in 628,000; 6 of 3,768,729 births
Among boys only: 1 in 327,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1993: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 435,382 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Martinus sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1993 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 435,382 children born in 1993 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Martinus. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Martinuss were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Martinus was born before 1982 — so the typical Martinus is around 43 today.

Median birth year: 1982; About 43 years old
Biggest decade: 1970s; 37.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 29; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1970s — 37.9% of all recorded uses (11).

Is Martinus rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1982 (7)
Years since peak: 43; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #5,189; 1970

Spellings of Martinus

Martinus is not the most common spelling — Martin is, with 98.6% against Martinus's <0.01%.

Martin98.6%315,561
Marius0.83%2,654
Martinez0.35%1,132
Martino0.24%765
Martinus<0.01%29

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Martinus around the world

Where Martinus ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

Norway
1880–2024
#468
in 2024
South Australia
1953–1973
#454
in 1973

Popularity data from Statistics Norway and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). SSB, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Martinus by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #5,189; 1970
Peak year: 1982; 7 that year
First recorded: 1970
Last recorded: 1993
All-time count: 29
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Martinus

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Marinus Marcielo Marvensky Mardoche Marisela Marquita Marquess Marceau Martinjr Marcelous Martelle Marcquez Marsiah Marquale Markquis Marlando Marqueis Marquece Markiese Marquees Markiyan Marguise Silvanus Marsai

Sibling names for Martinus

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Eboni Lyndsay Shamika Afton Tanesha Christopher Kandi Fawn

For a brother

Jamaal Donnell Jerrod Chauncey Leopoldo Jerod Dusty Wilfredo

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