Marten
Boy · MAR-tin · Latin
Marten is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “of Mars”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Marten mean?
Latin: spelling of Martin; from Martinus
“of Mars”
From Latin Martinus; St Martin of Tours is famed for cutting his cloak in half to share with a beggar.
- Say it
- MAR-tin
Meaning borrowed from Martin. More on Wiktionary.
Is Marten a girl's or a boy's name?
Marten is a boys' name.
How popular is Marten in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1963, with 17 boys. It first appears in the records in 1915.
Half of all the boys named Marten in the US since 1880 were born between 1955 and 1993, the years shaded on the chart below.
Marten in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 11 | #5,913 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 14 | #4,106 |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 10 | #4,986 |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 12 | #3,726 |
| 1986 | 8 | #4,848 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 7 | #4,416 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 7 | #3,960 |
| 1971 | 5 | #4,905 |
| 1970 | 9 | #3,280 |
| 1969 | 8 | #3,313 |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,135 |
| 1967 | 9 | #2,759 |
| 1966 | 7 | #3,247 |
| 1965 | 13 | #2,269 |
| 1964 | 5 | #4,038 |
| 1963 | 17 | #1,956 |
| 1962 | 12 | #2,363 |
| 1961 | 12 | #2,408 |
| 1960 | 10 | #2,683 |
| 1959 | 7 | #3,289 |
| 1958 | 9 | #2,816 |
| 1957 | 9 | #2,820 |
| 1956 | 11 | #2,495 |
| 1955 | 7 | #3,199 |
| 1954 | 8 | #2,940 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 6 | #3,362 |
| 1950 | 6 | #3,328 |
| 1949 | 6 | #3,296 |
| 1948 | 5 | #3,665 |
| 1947 | 7 | #3,095 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 5 | #3,337 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,132 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 5 | #3,479 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,252 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,389 |
| 1930 | 6 | #3,590 |
| 1929 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 8 | #3,153 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 7 | #3,530 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 6 | #3,814 |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,167 |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,178 |
| 1917 | 5 | #3,979 |
| 1916 | 5 | #3,896 |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,391 |
Nicknames for Marten
- Marty 9 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Marten
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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