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My 8 year old is named Martin, He is named after a great grandfather. We love his name, it is not too common and fits his personality.

My 2 yr old son is name Martin. For the most part we call him "Mars." He is truly out of this world. And we love a single syllable nickname. Also note, we do live in So Cal and he gets Mar-teen - a lot, which is not bothersome to our family.

My little brother is Martin. He's not very big for his age, but kind and loving, and very much a leader. He was named for his great-great-grandfather. His twin is Markus.

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Marty, Mars, Art, Artie

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Famous real-life people named Martin: | Edit

St. Martin of Porres
Martin Luther, founder of the Lutheran faith
Martin Luther King, civil rights leader
Martin Amis, novelist
Martin Scorsese, film director
Martin van Buren, eighth President of the United States
Martin Brodeur, Canadian ice hockey goaltender.
Martin Freeman, actor

Dean Martin, Rat Pack singer
Ricky Martin, singer

Martin in song, story & screen: | Edit

Martin Prince, a sissy character on the animated TV series The Simpsons
Uncle Martin of My Favorite Martin, classic TV series
Martin the Warrior, a character in Brian Jacques 'Redwall' series, as well as the title of the sixth book in the series
Martin is David's brother in the film A.I. (Artificial Intelligence)
Martin Chuzzlewit from the novel by Charles Dickens
Martin Crane from sitcom Frasier
Martin Crowe from the English soap opera Emmerdale
Martin Fowler from the English soap opera Eastenders
Marty McFly, protagonist of the Back to the Future film series
Martin Payne, title character from the '90s sitcom "Martin"