Martyna
From Latin, a name tied to Mars: dedicated to the god of war. It still sits inside Poland's top 100, though parents reach for it less each year than they once did.
Martyna Pronunciation
Martyna is pronounced mahr-TIH-nah (/marˈtɨna/).
What Martyna means
Where Martyna comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Martyna grows from Latin soil. The root is Martinus, a Roman name built on Mars, the god of war, so the oldest sense reads as dedicated to Mars, or plainly warlike. The English word martial grows from that same Mars root, which keeps the warlike sense close to the surface.
The name keeps close company. Martina is the variant that barely changes shape as it crosses borders, and Marcin is its masculine form in Polish. Marcin carries Saint Martin of Tours into November, when parts of Poland still serve goose on his day, the eleventh.
Behind the name day stands a martyr. Saint Martina of Rome, remembered on 30 January, gives Polish Martynas their imieniny. Read the class register on that morning. A Martyna answers to a name that once meant warlike.
When Martyna celebrates name day
Martyna appears 1 time in the Polish name day calendar, 1 of them as a main name, the first on 30 January.
The days Polish calendars list this name on. By custom you celebrate one of them, usually the first after your birthday.
How many people are named Martyna
1 in 158 women in Poland is named Martyna. 142,872 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #99 among female names.
Martyna's popularity over time
450 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #119 among newborns. It has been falling steadily since 2000. Still the #99 name among living women, even as it slips to #119 among newborns.
Where Martyna is most popular
Martyna is most popular in Opole, 58% above the national average (232 girls born 2019–2025), followed by Lesser Poland (+35%) and Silesian (+33%). It is least common in Masovian and Świętokrzyskie, 52% and 37% below average respectively.
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Opole232 girls born+58%
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Lesser Poland976 girls born+35%
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Silesian961 girls born+33%
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Subcarpathian500 girls born+30%
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Kuyavian-Pomeranian440 girls born+26%
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Lublin368 girls born+13%
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Lower Silesian557 girls born+11%
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West Pomeranian281 girls born+5%
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Pomeranian459 girls born−2%
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Greater Poland656 girls born−4%
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Lubusz141 girls born−11%
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Podlaskie178 girls born−15%
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Warmian-Masurian181 girls born−21%
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Łódź299 girls born−26%
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Świętokrzyskie112 girls born−37%
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Masovian541 girls born−52%
Martyna as a middle name
Martyna is a first name for 142,872 women in Poland and a middle name for another 20,318, an 88/12 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 88th, between Angelika (20,578) and Rozalia (19,234).
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#86 Wioletta21,245
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#87 Angelika20,578
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#88 Martyna20,318
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#89 Rozalia19,234
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#90 Laura18,174