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Names that mean “of mars”

11 fragments across 8 traditions carry this sense. 9 of them open a name against 2 that close one, so this reads as a sense that leads.

Build names meaning of mars

Of mars names across the traditions

Reverse entry

They cluster in 2 families, most of them real world. No single tradition hoards it: none of them goes past 2 fragments.

Italian


Real world

Marco initial · Marcella initial

  • Marco Valentino

    Marco of mars + valentino strong

    of mars and strong

  • Marco Ottavio

    Marco of mars + ottavio eighth

    of mars and eighth

  • Marco Rinaldo

    Marco of mars + rinaldo ruling counsel

    of mars and ruling counsel

  • Marcella Vittoria

    Marcella of mars + vittoria victory

    of mars and victory

  • Marcella Sabrina

    Marcella of mars + sabrina of the Severn

    of mars and of the Severn

  • Marcella Stefania

    Marcella of mars + stefania crown

    of mars and crown

Roman


Real world

Marcus initial · marcella final

  • Marcus Junius

    Marcus of mars + junius of juno

    of mars, of juno

  • Marcus Quinctius

    Marcus of mars + quinctius fifth

    of mars, fifth

  • Marcus Aemilius

    Marcus of mars + aemilius striving

    of mars, striving

  • Postumia Marcella

    Postumia posthumous + marcella of mars

    posthumous, of mars

  • Albia Marcella

    Albia white + marcella of mars

    white, of mars

  • Opimia Marcella

    Opimia rich + marcella of mars

    rich, of mars

Spanish


Real world

Marcos initial · martín final

  • Marcos Leopoldo

    Marcos of mars + leopoldo bold people

    of mars and bold people

  • Marcos Gilberto

    Marcos of mars + gilberto bright pledge

    of mars and bright pledge

  • Marcos Leandro

    Marcos of mars + leandro lion man

    of mars and lion man

  • Rodrigo Martín

    Rodrigo famous ruler + martín of mars

    famous ruler and of mars

  • Guillermo Martín

    Guillermo resolute protector + martín of mars

    resolute protector and of mars

  • Domingo Martín

    Domingo of the Lord + martín of mars

    of the Lord and of mars

French


Real world

Marc initial

  • Marcoul

    Marc of mars + oul wolf

    of mars wolf

  • Marcbert

    Marc of mars + bert bright

    of mars bright

  • Marcinot

    Marc of mars + inot little

    of mars little

Medieval


Real world

Martin initial

  • Martin Hobson

    Martin of mars + Hobson son of Robert

    of mars, son of Robert

  • Martin atte Halle

    Martin of mars + atte Halle at the hall

    of mars, at the hall

  • Martin Hodgeson

    Martin of mars + Hodgeson son of Roger

    of mars, son of Roger

Middle


People

Martin initial

  • Martin Milton

    Martin of mars + milton mill settlement

    of mars, mill settlement

  • Martin Granger

    Martin of mars + granger farm steward

    of mars, farm steward

  • Martin Lockwood

    Martin of mars + lockwood enclosed wood

    of mars, enclosed wood

Nordic


Real world

Morten initial

  • Morten Niels

    Morten of mars + niels victor of nations

    of mars and victor of nations

  • Morten Steinar

    Morten of mars + steinar stone warrior

    of mars and stone warrior

  • Morten Tore

    Morten of mars + tore thunder warrior

    of mars and thunder warrior

Pirate


People

Martin initial

  • Martin Hardtack

    Martin of mars + hardtack hard tack

    of mars, called the hard tack

  • Martin Riptide

    Martin of mars + riptide racing current

    of mars, called the racing current

  • Martin the Lucky

    Martin of mars + the lucky lucky

    of mars, called the lucky

Senses that travel together

See also

Each of these shares at least two traditions with “of mars”. Senses that keep turning up in the same sets usually belong to one semantic field — the small vocabulary a naming tradition returns to again and again.

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