Comments for the name Martin

Film director Martin Scorsese is a famous bearer.
Also Martin Luther and Martin Luther King.

Martin Van Buren was the 8th President of the U.S.A.

Famous bearer is Martin Heidegger, a German philosopher of existentialism.

In Bulgaria it's pronounced mahr-TIN. [noted -ed]

Martin Brody is a character in Peter Benchley's novel 'Jaws' and Steven Spielberg's film of the same name. In the film and book, he is the police chief of a small seaside community which is being terrorised by a man-eating shark.

Martin Gore from "Depeche Mode".

A nice strong name - my grandad, his father and his grandfather all had the name Martin; my mum also has two cousins with this name. There is also a character called Martin on 7th Heaven.

Martin the Warrior Mouse, the guide character (also known as the Omniscience Character) of the books of the Redwall Abbeys.

There was a Martin Lloyd in at least 3 episodes of Stargate.

Listen to the German pronunciation of Martin here:
http://www.nordicnames.de/Aussprache.html.

Martin Prince is from the Simpsons.

Martin the Warrior is from the Redwall series!

Martin is common in my family. I love it. I picture a nice strong man who is wise and friendly.

I never used to be that fond of this name, but now every time I think of the name Martin, I think of the great actor Martin Shaw from "Judge John Deed".

American actor and activist Martin Sheen, of Apocalypse Now and The West Wing, is a famous bearer.

Well. My name is Martin. I like it, wouldn't have it any other way. I don't like the many nicknames though for some reason. But, Martins (myself included) I know tend to be shy. If there's one thing I could change about myself it would be that, and there probably isn't any correlation - hell, Martin Lawrence- he's not shy.

Could it not also have the bird, a Martin, as a namesake? I believe it was so in England in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries (history geek in me coming out, sorry!)

I couldn't believe this wasn't posted yet, so I decided I would. Martin "Marty" McFly from the famous "Back to the Future" trilogy.

Martin the Warrior. Main character from the Redwall series. At least as important as the patron saint of France.

In the Portuguese legend of Saint Martin (here known as São Martinho) it was a dark and rainy 11th of November and he found a beggar to whom he gave half of his cloak and, all of a sudden, the rain stopped and the sun appeared. It's because of that that the 11th of Noveber is the day of this Saint and the warmer days in the middle of November are called the Verão de São Martinho (The Summer of Saint Martin).

Not-so famous bearer: the man who helped Brom and Eragon find a man named Jeod in the city of Teirm.

Its means "Warrior", "Knight". I like this name cause it represents me. I never give up. I fight for my family. I fight for myself.

Actor Martin Lawrence is a famous bearer.

In Guardians of Ga'Hoole, one of the owls is named Martin. He is a saw-whet owl and in the Chaw of Chaws (a very important group in the books).

I hate Martin Luther with a burning passion, so I'm not exactly happy if people name their sons Martin after him. The man was a lunatic. Very intelligent, and a proponent of reading the Bible for oneself and taking responsibility for one's own salvation, but a lunatic all the same. He hated women and Jews and saw demons everywhere. On the other hand, the name makes me think of the geeky character on the Simpsons. I guess the name wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't for these associations.

This is my middle name, and possibly my favourite. Am I the only one who thinks this could make a fine female name? Anyway, bird-related names like this usually seem quite pleasant, like Robin.

German: MU-tinn.

Martin Johnson is the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist in Boys Like Girls. An amazing singer. Punk/pop, which is amazing.

This name is also used in the Netherlands.

Martin Kabát is a fictional character from the play "Hrátky s čertem" (1956). He was played by Josef Bek.

Martin Glaessner was a geologist and palaeontologist.

Martin is also a very popular name in Croatia. [noted -ed]

Martin Billany (better known as LittleKuriboh) is an internet celebrity. He created Yu-Gi-Oh: The Abridged Series and inspired all the abridged series that followed.

I really like this name. It sounds very strong but not "macho-man-like." I like names like Colin, Roger, etc.- very traditional (however not overused) names.

Martin Prado of the Atlanta Braves is from Venezuela and pronounces his name "mar-TEEN."

Martin Septim from The Elder Scrolls is another famous bearer. A moral, righteous warrior, he's definitely a worthy bearer of the name.

Marten Reed is the main character in the webcomic Questionable Content.

I like this name, I might use it as maybe a third choice. I also like marten, but I wouldn't want people to assume I was being kre8tiv, so I'd just go with Martin. I like the name on its own but as nicknames Marty or Mattie aren't bad :)

Actor Martin Freeman is a famous bearer.