Martijn
Martijn, occasionally written as Martyn, Martain or Martein, is a Dutch given name. It is a cognate of Martin, and ultimately derived from the Roman Martinus.In Icelandic, the name is written as Marteinn. The feminine form is Martina.
Meaning & Origin of Martijn
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Martijn, occasionally written as Martyn, Martain or Martein, is a Dutch given name. It is a cognate of Martin, and ultimately derived from the Roman Martinus.In Icelandic, the name is written as Marteinn. The feminine form is Martina.
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The Story of Martijn
American parents first put Martijn on the record books as a baby boy name in 2001, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2001, when 5 Martijns were born — ranking #10,556 that year. Martijn last appeared in the published SSA data in 2001, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 5 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
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About the name Martijn
Martijn is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2001 and has accumulated 5 births in the dataset. Martijn's peak popularity came in 2001 when it ranked #10,556. Use the chart and map above to compare Martijn's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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