Martavis
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.
Martavis by the numbers
Martavis was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 19 babies in 1993, making it a 1990s name.
What we can tell you about Martavis
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Martavis. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Martavius8 in the US (2017)
- Martavious18 in the US (2017)
- Marquavis5 in the US (2017)
- Matthaisgift of god; a form of Matthew6 in the US (2017)
- Murtasimholding fast or firm grip3 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Martavis
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