Meanings
proper noun
- A patrilineal surname from Spanish.
Ever since El Martinez started asking to be called by the gender-neutral pronouns “they/them” in the ninth grade, they have fielded skepticism in a variety of forms and from a multitude of sources about what it means to identify as nonbinary.
2019 May 29, Amy Harmon, “Which Box Do You Check? Some States Are Offering a Nonbinary Option”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 08 Jun 2019 - A city, the county seat of Contra Costa County, California, United States.
Origin
- SpanishMartínez
- EnglishMartinez
Borrowed from Spanish Martínez.
More words from Spanish
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 馬丁內斯 /马丁内斯
- 馬丁內斯 /马丁内斯 (Mǎdīngnèisī)surname
Hindi मार्तिनेस
- मार्तिनेस (mārtines)surname
Japanese マルティネス
- マルティネス (Marutinesu)surname
Spanish Martínez
- Martínezsurname
Tagalog Martinez
- Martinezsurname
Cite this entry
APA
Martinez. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Martinez
MLA
“Martinez.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Martinez. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Martinez,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Martinez.
Source: Martinez on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.