Martyna for a baby girl

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Is name Martyna a nice name for a very sweet baby girl?
How it will be perceived in UK?

Martina is the usual uk spelling. I know one who is from outside the UK. Sounds slightly old fashioned maybe to UK ears. I like it personally! There won’t be any others probably in the whole primary school

You might be interested in these threads:

www.mumsnet.com/talk/baby_names/3138559-Martina

www.mumsnet.com/talk/baby_names/3048892-martina-or-martyna

It's a pretty name.

I've only seen the spelling Martina before. I'm not sure about England, but Martina was fairly popular in Ireland in the 1960s/70s. It sounds somewhat dated to my ears, but not horribly so. I would be pleasantly surprised to meet a young Martina.

Martina is much nicer, I'm not a fan of the trend of replacing vowels with y for babies names in general.

It reminds me of the word martyr spelt like that. What about Marlena? Or Martha? Or Magda? Maggie?

I prefer Martina, but I love the name. I do think of Martina Navratilova and Martina Hingis, though.

Polish isn’t a trend.

OP, I see Martina/Martyna as more of a middle aged name, just because that’s the age range of every Martina/Martyna I’ve known. It’s a nice enough name, but not one most people would think of as ‘sweet’ in Britain. Not that’s a bad thing.

Martina is nice. I've never seen Martyna before. Sounds nice. Not sure I'd assume they were "very sweet"

I know a Martyna. Not of UK heritage. People struggle with the spelling for some reason.

I like Martina with this spelling. Martina Navratilova is a positive connection. The thread where most people didn't like it is from 2018 and trends do change.

I'd pronounce it mar tie na, rather than mar tee na unless told otherwise.

I’d pronounce Martyna as Martin -ah, and Martina as Marteeeena. (Polish heritage, and “y” is pronounced as a short “I” in Polish.)

Yep,me too.

I like Martina (If that's the same name, same sound)

She will spend her entire life telling people it's with a 'y' if you spell it that way. Please don't do that to her!

Thank you all for the honest and quick replies 🙂

It’s usually Martina here. Never been very popular although Martin has been.

I don’t especially like it, but there’s nothing wrong with it.