Meaning: ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲟ (name) + ⳟⲁⲗ-, 'son' = 'son of Mario' (Mario: the name clearly derives from the name Maria, but the meaning and/or function of the final -ⲟ is unknown).
The name was most surely build on the Greek noun μάρτυς, 'martyr', but the resolution of abbreviation is unknown. This could be both a Graeco-Nubian formation Marturokouda or the Greek name Marturophoros.
Marte may derive from the Greek noun μάρτυς, 'martyr', or be a variant of the name Martha (Nam 10510); for the latter, cf. the Copticised variant ⲙⲁⲣⲑⲉ (Var 54289).