The baby name Martius is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced MAR-tee-us (IPA: /ˈmɑrtiəs/). Classical Latin: /ˈmar.ti.us/.
Martius is Latin in Origin.
The baby name Martius is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced MAR-tee-us (IPA: /ˈmɑrtiəs/). Classical Latin: /ˈmar.ti.us/.
Martius is Latin in Origin.
Martius is the classical Latin adjective meaning “of Mars” or “belonging to Mars,” from the theonym Mars; it is also the name of the month March (Mensis Martius), which opened the Roman year and festival season. By extension it conveys “warlike,” “martial,” and sometimes “born in March.”
As a personal name, Martius is rare in antiquity; it appears sporadically in late Roman and medieval Latin records and saw humanist revival in Renaissance Europe. Today it remains uncommon as a given name, encountered more often as a learned or literary choice; the form also survives as a surname (e.g., von Martius). Variants and cognates built on the same Mars root include Latin Martinus and its forms Martin, Martín, Martim, Martyn, and Marcin; French Martial (from Martialis); and Italian Marzio. Feminine counterparts include Martia and, by related derivation, Marcia.
Martius is a rare name. There are only 29 recorded uses of it in our data, from 13 countries.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | 0 | #39 | 1 | 2,238 | |
| CZ | Boys | 0 | #305 | 1 | 6,530 |
| PL | Boys | 0 | #340 | 1 | 6,459 |
| PH | Boys | 0 | #408 | 1 | 11,440 |
| HK | Boys | 0 | #557 | 1 | 12,905 |
| IR | Boys | 0 | #565 | 1 | 10,162 |
| BH | 0 | #587 | 1 | 17,937 | |
| SG | Boys | 0 | #738 | 2 | 17,960 |
| BR | Boys | 0 | #785 | 1 | 12,213 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,102 | 10 | 25,439 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,141 | 3 | 22,615 |
| CO | Girls | 0 | #1,152 | 1 | 16,140 |
| MX | Girls | 0 | #1,263 | 5 | 17,781 |
Martius is popular in 13 countries — most recent births per country:
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