Martine

Where Martine comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Martine.

  • Vowel-ended
Martine through the years
  1. 1894
    First appearance
    #1,485 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1941
    Martine Beswick born
    Jamaican actress and model
  3. 1950
    Martine Aubry born
    French politician
  4. 1981
    Peak, #791
    205 babies named Martine, the most in any year.
  5. 1982
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,308.
  6. 2020
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name, masculine equivalent Martin, equivalent to English Martina.
Namesakes
  • Martine Aubry · French politician, born 1950
  • Martine Beswick · Jamaican actress and model, born 1941
  • Martine McCutcheon · English actress and singer, born 1976
  • Martine Bertereau · French scientist (c. 1590 - after 1642), 1590–1642
  • Martine Grael · Brazilian sailor, born 1991

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.