Boy's name
Máirtín
“MAWR-cheen (Munster mawr-CHEEN)”
from Latin Martinus, from Mars, the Roman god of war
The story behind the name
After St Martin of Tours, said to have been a relative of St Patrick. The Normans brought this form in, but Woulfe says the older Mártan had been in use since early Christian times. Two great Irish-language writers of the 20th century, Máirtín Ó Cadhain and Máirtín Ó Direáin, bore it.
Famous people with this name
- Máirtín Ó Cadhain (1906–1970) — Irish writer
- Máirtín Ó Direáin (1910–1988) — Irish poet
- Máirtín O'Connor (born 1955) — Irish musician
- Máirtín Ó Muilleoir (born 1959) — Irish politician
Irish people with an English Wikipedia article whose given name is recorded as Máirtín on Wikidata; descriptions from Wikidata.
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