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“of mars”

10 fragments across 7 traditions carry this sense. 8 of them open a name against 2 that close one, so this reads as a sense that leads.

Across the traditions

Reverse entry

They cluster in 2 families, most of them real world. No single tradition hoards it: the deepest, Italian, has 2.

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 Marcius

    Marcus of mars + marcius warlike

    of mars, warlike

  • Marcus Quinctius

    Marcus of mars + quinctius fifth

    of mars, fifth

  • Marcus Vitellius

    Marcus of mars + vitellius calf

    of mars, calf

  • Nonia Marcella

    Nonia ninth + marcella of mars

    ninth, of mars

  • Rutilia Marcella

    Rutilia reddish + marcella of mars

    reddish, 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 Gerardo

    Marcos of mars + gerardo brave spear

    of mars and brave spear

  • 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

Middle


People

Martin initial

  • Martin Lockwood

    Martin of mars + lockwood enclosed wood

    of mars, enclosed wood

  • Martin Fairfax

    Martin of mars + fairfax fair haired

    of mars, fair haired

  • Martin Ramsey

    Martin of mars + ramsey wild garlic island

    of mars, wild garlic island

Nordic


Real world

Morten initial

  • Morten Gunder

    Morten of mars + gunder battle warrior

    of mars and battle warrior

  • Morten Gudbrand

    Morten of mars + gudbrand god's sword

    of mars and god's sword

  • Morten Ake

    Morten of mars + ake forefather

    of mars and forefather

Pirate


People

Martin initial

  • Martin Landless

    Martin of mars + landless dispossessed

    of mars, called the dispossessed

  • Martin Lodestar

    Martin of mars + lodestar guiding star

    of mars, called the guiding star

  • Martin Copperhand

    Martin of mars + copperhand copper hand

    of mars, called the copper hand

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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