Martje
given name · Latin script
Meaning: weibl. Vom., friesische Koseform von
A female name· listed as female by the registers that count names by sex
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 8 countries · latest register: Þjóðskrá Íslands, 2026
/mɑrtjə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Martje is a female given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Netherlands than in any other country.
- NLNetherlands1 in 4.2K(measured from records)
- DEGermany≈1 in 245K
- BEBelgium≈1 in 319K
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)
- Record sources
- 50 (measured from records)
- 1 in 4.2K (inferred from the name graph)
4,130 people
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Netherlands
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)weibl. Vom., friesische Koseform von
Cited for this meaning 1
- DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
Where in the world
(measured from records)Martje 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 | 4,130 | 1 in 4.2K | 4.1K | Martje | 38 |
| DE Germany | ≈330 est. | ≈1 in 245K | 1 | Martje | 50 |
| ZA South Africa | ≈51 est. | ≈1 in 1.1M | — | Martje | 3 |
| BE Belgium | ≈37 est. | ≈1 in 319K | — | Martje | 4 |
| US United States | ≈29 est. | ≈1 in 11M | — | Martje | 33 |
| DK Denmark | 7 | 1 in 838K | 7 | — | — |
| IS Iceland | 1 | 1 in 351K | 1 | — | — |
4,130 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); the de-leipzig-vornamen register; Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry). 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)- Hanne-Martje Müntherb. 1940DEGerman artist
- Maya Wildevuurb. 1944NLnot in their usual nameDutch painter (1944–2023)
- Martje Postmab. 1960NLDutch politician
- Martje Thalmannb. 1980DEGerman Türmerin
- Martje Krauseb. 2005DEGerman association football player
- Martje VerhagenBEBelgian performing artist
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)12 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 8 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018) | — | 4.1K | #487 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017) | — | 3.1K | #1,038 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018) | — | 12 | #15,999 |
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 7 | #10,456 |
| IS Iceland | Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry) | 2026 | 1 | — |
| DE Germany | Stadt Leipzig Open Data — Vornamensstatistik Neugeborene | 2017 | 1 | — |
| DE Germany | Stadt Leipzig Open Data — Vornamensstatistik Neugeborene | 2014 | 1 | — |
| DE Germany | Stadt München Open Data — Vornamen von Nulljährigen | 2021 | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name 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 Martje mean, and where does it come from?
- weibl. Vom., friesische Koseform von Recorded by DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen.
- How do you pronounce Martje?
- A machine transcription gives /mɑrtjə/ (IPA) for Dutch.
- Is Martje a male or female name?
- Martje is a female name. National registers that list it by sex list it as female: Netherlands (Meertens NVB).
- In which country does Martje have the most bearers?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted about 4.1 thousand people named Martje, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled martje.
- Where is Martje most common?
- Martje is densest in the Netherlands, where the national register counts about 1 in 4.2 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Martje?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted 4,130 people named Martje, about 1 in 4.2 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Martje?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/martjeThe 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, “Martje”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.