Marcin
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Marcin - male name of Latin origin. It descends from the words "belonging to Mars".
It is the Polish language equivalent of the English given name Martin (name). As such, a foreign individual with the first name "Martin" would be called "Marcin" by someone speaking Polish. (For example: Martin Luther would be referred to as pl:Marcin Luter.) This does not apply to surnames, so Ricky Martin is known just as Ricky Martin in Poland.
It is a standard name in Poland - when interacting with foreign speakers, some Marcins will anglisize their names into Martin, some into Marc, and some stick with Marcin.
Persons named Marcin would celebrates one of the following name-days : January 30, April 13, October 8, October 24, November 3, November 11, December 7 and December 29.
[edit] Places
- Saint Marcin's Church in Warsaw Old Town pl:Kościół_św._Marcina_w_Warszawie
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[edit] Given Name Notable People
Famous people bearing that name are listed below. Other notable people sharing this given name can be found through consulting all pages that begin with the prefix "Marcin".:
Born after 1000
Born after 1500
Born after 1900
- Stanislaw Marcin Ulam - a Polish mathematician who participated in the Manhattan Project
Other
- Marcin Altomonte
- Marcin Borelowski
- Marcin de Guideto
- Marcin Ehrlich
- Marcin Giersz
- Marcin Gruszka
- Marcin Kalinowski
- Marcin Kromer (1512-1583) - Polish historian and chronicler, royal secretary, warmian bishop.
- Marcin Maciejowski
- Marcin Mortka
- Marcin Poczobutt-Odlanicki
- Marcin Rumiński
- Marcin Świetlicki
- Marcin Święcicki
- Marcin Troński
- Marcin Weiher
- Marcin Weiher (bishop)
- Marcin Wojciechowski
- Marcin Wolski
- Marcin z Żurawicy
For non-Polish individuals, you should refer to the Martin (name) entry.
