# Martinus (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/martinus/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 29 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 29 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 5 | 5,191 |
| 1976 | 6 | 5,369 |
| 1982 | 7 | 5,396 |
| 1991 | 5 | 9,113 |
| 1993 | 6 | 8,310 |

## People named Martinus

- Martinus J. G. Veltman, Dutch theoretical physicist (1931–2021)
- Martinus Wilhelm Beijerinck, Dutch microbiologist (1851–1931)
- Martinus Nijhoff, Dutch writer (1894-1953)
- Martinus Rørbye, Danish artist (1803-1848)
- Martinus Thomsen, Danish mystic (1890-1981)
- Martinus Theunis Steyn, 6th President of the Orange Free State and South African judge. (1858–1916)
- Martinus Petrus Maria Muskens, Dutch theologian and priest (1935–2013)
- Martinus Fabri, Dutch musician
- Ewaldus Martinus Sedu, 21st-century Indonesian Catholic bishop
- Martinus Sonck, Colonial governor of Dutch Formosa
- Martin I, 7th‑century pope and martyr, bishop of Rome (649–655), exiled for opposing Monothelitism, 
- Tinus Osendarp, Dutch sprint runner (1916–2002)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.