Mart

Where Mart comes from

The dictionaries list Mart as a given name — a diminutive of the male given name Martin — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #682 among boys — 8 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1891
    Peak, #597
    10 babies named Mart — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1894
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  4. 1960
    Mart Laar born
    Estonian politician and historian
  5. 1972
    Mart Poom born
    Estonian footballer and coach
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given name Martin.
Namesakes
  • Mart Laar · Estonian politician and historian, born 1960
  • Mart Poom · Estonian footballer and coach, born 1972
  • Mart Siimann · Estonian politician, born 1946
  • Mart Stam · Dutch architect, 1899–1986
  • Mart Helme · Estonian historian, diplomat and politician, born 1949

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.