Martijn
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/mɑrtɛi̯n/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Martijn is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Netherlands than in any other country, where it is the 21st most common given name. Recorded meaning: From Middle Dutch Martijn, from Old French Martin, from Latin Martinus, from Mars + -inus. Compare English Martin.
- NLNetherlands1 in 396(measured from records)
- BEBelgium≈1 in 7.8K
- DEGermany≈1 in 109K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Netherlands (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 204 (measured from records)
- 1 in 396 (inferred from the name graph)
43,613 people
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Netherlands
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
- Middle DutchMartijn(measured from records)
- Old FrenchMartin(measured from records)
- LatinMartinus(measured from records)
- Mars+(measured from records)
From Middle Dutch Martijn, from Old French Martin, from Latin Martinus, from Mars + -inus. Compare English Martin.
Sources 1
Attested across 23 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Martijn counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | #21 | 43,613 | 1 in 396 | 44K | Martijn | 204 |
| BE Belgium | — | ≈1,500 est. | ≈1 in 7.8K | 35 | Martijn | 81 |
| DE Germany | — | ≈730 est. | ≈1 in 109K | — | Martijn | 57 |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈560 est. | ≈1 in 480K | — | Martijn | 16 |
| CH Switzerland | — | ≈200 est. | ≈1 in 42K | — | Martijn | 19 |
| NO Norway | — | ≈100 est. | ≈1 in 53K | 120 | Martijn | 16 |
| EE Estonia | — | ≈17 est. | ≈1 in 70K | listed | Martijn | 5 |
43,613 people counted by Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); the ee-siseministeerium-registry register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Martijn Paddingb. 1956NLDutch composer (born 1956)
- Martijn Krabbéb. 1968NLDutch radio personality and television presenter
- Martyn LeNobleb. 1969NLnot in their usual nameDutch bassist
- Martijn Oversteegenb. 1971NLDutch actor (born 1971)
- Floris van Oranje-Nassau, van Vollenhovenb. 1975NLnot in their usual nameyoungest son of Princess Margriet of the Netherlands and Pieter van Vollenhoven
- Martijn Spierenburgb. 1975NLDutch musician
- Martijn Westerholtb. 1979NLDutch keyboardist
- Martijn Wydaegheb. 1992BEBelgian rally co-driver
- Martijn Lakemeierb. 1993NLDutch actor
- Martin Garrixb. 1996NLnot in their usual nameDutch DJ and record producer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 27 sources across 15 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018) | — | 44K | #52 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017) | — | 30K | #80 |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population) | — | 120 | #6,846 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018) | — | 102 | #5,456 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017) | — | 15 | #22,970 |
| EE Estonia | Siseministeerium — population register name list 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Reference works 4
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Martijn mean, and where does it come from?
- From Middle Dutch Martijn, from Old French Martin, from Latin Martinus, from Mars + -inus. Compare English Martin. Recorded by Wiktionary.
- How do you pronounce Martijn?
- A machine transcription gives /mɑrtɛi̯n/ (IPA) for Dutch.
- Is Martijn a male or female name?
- Martijn is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What are other forms of the name Martijn?
- In the etymology graph, Marty, Marcin and Tin are forms of the same name in other languages; Tijn is a recorded short or pet form.
- In which country does Martijn have the most bearers?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted about 44 thousand people named Martijn, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled martijn.
- Where is Martijn most common?
- Martijn is densest in the Netherlands, where the national register counts about 1 in 396 people carrying it.
- How common is the name Martijn?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted 43,613 people named Martijn, about 1 in 396 residents.
- How common is Martijn compared with other names?
- In the Netherlands, Martijn is the 21st most common given name of 101,916 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/martijnThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Martijn” — the 21st most common given name in Netherlands. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.