All over the world, Martyr (Martir 
, Martire 
, 马特 
, along with others...) is quite a rare dominantly boy's, but infrequently feminine given name. The given name Martyr is characteristic of Latin America and the Caribbean, particularly the Dominican Republic, where it is quite a rare predominantly boy's, but very infrequently feminine name, Nicaragua, where it is quite a rare epicene name, and Panama, where it is quite a rare boy's name. In absolute terms, the name is most common in the Dominican Republic, Argentina, and Italy. More prevalently, Martyr is the last name as well as the forename.
Martyr is also a name from the Bible. Explore more in our Biblical names portal!
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
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| Martir | Mexico, Italy, Honduras, Philippines, El Salvador |
| Martire | Mexico, Italy, Honduras, Philippines, United States |
| 马特 | China |
| Martyr | Brazil, Switzerland, Saudi Arabia, Peru, Spain |
| Mártir | United States |
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king charles the martyr Anglican martyr, king of England, Scotland, and Ireland, 1625–1649, GB (b. 1600) |
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| weston martyr British yacht racer (b. 1885) |
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| martyr ramphal mandal First Martyr from current Bihar who has been executed by british government in Bhagalpur jail with case no: 473/42 executed in 23rd August 1943 (b. 1924) |
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martyr sozon 3rd century saint replacing the non-canonical Agios Sostis in Greece |
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martyr lucifer Italian singer, IT |
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| vincenzo, martyr of craco Christian Martyr saint |
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