girl's name
Martine
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- Origin French
- Gender Girl
- Syllables 2
- Letters 7
- Popularity Rare
- Births on record 324,150
Scotland
#338
2000 births
Martine is a girl's name meaning of Mars, the French feminine of Martin. Our data marks it stable, but it now ranks 6692nd in France — the market that holds almost all of its 323,544 recorded births.
- Martine is a name of French origin.
- Peaked in France in 1954, when 22,820 babies were given the name.
- Its usage has held steady over the past decade in France.
- Today about 1 in 117,911 babies in France is given this name.
- First appears in birth records in 1900.
- 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 2.
Martine over time
Births per decade in France, 1900s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1900s | 620 |
| 1910s | 555 |
| 1920s | 840 |
| 1930s | 1,950 |
| 1940s | 38,740 |
| 1950s | 191,470 |
| 1960s | 74,115 |
| 1970s | 9,810 |
| 1980s | 1,365 |
| 1990s | 405 |
| 2000s | 175 |
| 2010s | 90 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 35 |
What Martine means
Martine means of Mars, or dedicated to Mars, the Roman god of war. The name marks a person as belonging to the god rather than describing any quality of their own.
Where Martine comes from
Martine is the French feminine of Martin, from the Latin Martinus, of Mars — the god who also gives March its name. Saint Martin of Tours, a fourth-century Roman soldier who cut his cloak in half to clothe a beggar and later became bishop, is one of the most venerated saints in France; the half-cloak, cappella, was kept as a relic and the building that housed it gave us the word chapel. So a soldier's name for a war god produced, by a long detour, the ordinary word for a small place of worship.
Martine in use
Martine peaked in France in 1954, when 22,820 babies were registered, and our data marks it stable rather than falling. It now ranks 6692nd in France on 5 births and 11505th in the United States on 8, across 324,150 lifetime births in two of the seven markets we track. Falling from nearly twenty-three thousand births a year to five in its home market is among the steeper French declines we hold, comparable to Nathalie's.
How popular is Martine?
In 2025, Martine was given to 5 babies in France. It is a rare choice.
Where Martine is used
French counts are rounded to the nearest five and nothing below five is published, so these figures show the shape of the name's use rather than an exact tally. Data & sources.
Names that peaked alongside Martine
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Martine also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Martine over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
1 nickname for Martine
Each one is a name in its own right — the figure underneath is how it is doing today, so you can see which short forms are rising and which have faded.
Martine in other languages
The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.
Sibling names for Martine
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Martine — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Martine
What does the name Martine mean?
Of Mars, the Roman god of war — the French feminine of Martin.
Is the word chapel related?
Yes. Saint Martin's half-cloak, cappella in Latin, was kept as a relic, and the building housing it gave us chapel.
Is Martine the same as Martina?
Both are feminines of Martin — Martine the French form and Martina the Latin and Italian one.
How popular is Martine?
6692nd in France, down from a 1954 peak of 22,820 births.
Is Martine a girl's or a boy's name?
Martine is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
How many syllables are in Martine?
Martine has 2 syllables.
What are the nicknames for Martine?
Martine is usually shortened to Tine.
Is Martine a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Martine currently ranks #6,692 in France. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.