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Maarten - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Maarten

[ syll. maa-(r)ten, ma-art-en ] The boy name Maarten is pronounced as MAA-RTahN KEY. Maarten is used predominantly in the Dutch and German languages. Its origin is Latin. Maarten is a variant of the name Martin (English, French, German, Romanian, Russian, and Slavic).

Maarten is rare as a baby boy name. It is not listed in the top 1000. Among the family of boy names directly linked to Maarten, Martin (English, French, German, Romanian, Russian, and Slavic) was the most frequently used in 2008.

Baby names that sound like Maarten include Martan (English), Marten (English and Scandinavian), Martin (English, French, German, Romanian, Russian, and Slavic), Martín (Spanish), Marton (English and Hungarian), Mártan (Irish), Márton (Hungarian), Mårten (Scandinavian), Mairtin (Irish), Martien (Dutch), Martyn (English, Russian, and Welsh), Máirtín (Irish), Merten (German), Merton (English), Morten (Scandinavian), Morton (English), Martijn (Dutch), Martinho (Portuguese), Martino (Hungarian, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish), and Martoni (Hungarian).

KEY: approx English pronunciation for Maarten: M as in "me (M.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"


 
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