Marta is a female

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a f ...

derived from the Aramaic name ܡܳܪܬܳܐ (''Mârtâ'', in

Syriac script The Syriac alphabet ( ) is a writing system primarily used to write the Syriac language since the 1st century. It is one of the Semitic languages, Semitic abjads descending from the Aramaic alphabet through the Palmyrene alphabet, and shares sim ...

, ''מָרְתָא'' in

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), which translates as "the lady" in English. It had the male form "

Martinus Martinus is a given name or surname. It comes from the Latin name ''Martinus'', which is a late derived form of the name of the Roman god Mars (mythology), Mars, protective godhead of the Latins (Italic tribe), Latins and, therefore, god of war. Ne ...

" in

Roman culture The culture of ancient Rome existed throughout the almost 1,200-year history of the civilization of Ancient Rome. The term refers to the culture of the Roman Republic, later the Roman Empire, which at its peak covered an area from present-day L ...

. It has been described as a cognate of

Martha Martha (Aramaic language, Aramaic: מָרְתָא‎) is a Bible, biblical figure described in the Gospels of Gospel of Luke, Luke and Gospel of John, John. Together with her siblings Lazarus of Bethany, Lazarus and Mary of Bethany, she is descr ...

.Marta
at Behind the Name The name Marta should not be confused with the similar-looking Swedish name

Märta Märta or Märtha is a Swedish feminine given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that ...

, which derives from the Greek name

Margaret Margaret is a feminine given name, which means "pearl". It is of Latin origin, via Ancient Greek and ultimately from Iranian languages, Old Iranian. It has been an English language, English name since the 11th century, and remained popular thro ...

and means "pearl".

People with the given name

* Marta Abba (1900–1988), Italian stage actress * Marta Acosta, American fiction novelist * Marta Adams (1891–1978) German-born painter, sculptor * Marta Andrino (born 1987), Portuguese actress * Marta Balletbò-Coll (born 1960), Spanish actress and film director * Marta Bassino (born 1996), Italian alpine skier *

Marta Batinović Marta Batinović ; (born 20 April 1990) is a Croatian-born Montenegrin female handball player who plays as a goalkeeper for SCM Gloria Buzău and the Montenegrin national team. International honours *EHF Champions League The EHF Champions ...

(born 1990), Croatian-Montenegrin handball player *

Marta Bunge Marta Cavallo Bunge (; 1938 – 25 October 2022) was an Argentine-Canadian mathematician specializing in category theory, and known for her work on synthetic calculus of variations and synthetic differential topology. She was a professor emeritus ...

(1938–2022), Argentine-Canadian mathematician *

Marta Camps Arbestain Marta Camps-Arbestain, usually known as Marta Camps, is a New Zealand soil science academic, and a full professor at Massey University. Academic career Born in Barcelona in 1964, she studied at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Universi ...

, New Zealand soil scientist * Marta Cartabia (born 1963), Italian judge * Marta Cattani (born 1973), Italian basketball player * Marta Civil, American mathematics educator * Marta Crawford (born 1969), Portuguese psychologist and author * Marta Damkowski (1911–1979), German activist and politician *

Marta Domachowska Marta Domachowska (; born 16 January 1986) is a former tennis player from Poland. She was ranked world No. 37 in singles (2006) and No. 62 in doubles (2006), and reached 2008 Australian Open fourth round in singles and won the Canberra Internat ...

(born 1986), Polish tennis player *

Marta Domingo Marta Domingo (née Ornelas, born 1935) is a Mexican opera soprano, stage director and designer. In the 1950s and 1960s, she performed as a lyric soprano in Mexico and Israel. Since the 1990s, she has directed operas in Europe and North America. S ...

(born 1935), Mexican soprano and opera director *

Marta Domínguez Marta Domínguez Azpeleta (born 3 November 1975) is a Spanish former runner and politician. She competes mainly in the steeplechase. She has represented Spain four times at the Olympics and has competed at the World Championships on six occ ...

(born 1975), Spanish track and field runner * Marta Drpa (born 1989), Serbian volleyball player *

Marta Eggerth Marta Eggerth (17 April 1912 – 26 December 2013) was a Hungarian actress and singer from "The Silver Age of Operetta". Many of the 20th century's most famous operetta composers, including Franz Lehár, Fritz Kreisler, Robert Stolz, Oscar ...

(1912–2013), Hungarian singer and actress * Márta Fábián (born 1946), Hungarian musician *

Marta Fascina Marta Fascina (born 9 January 1990) is an Italian politician from Forza Italia. She has been a member of the Chamber of Deputies since the 2018 Italian general election. Early life and education She was born in Melito di Porto Salvo, Calabria ...

(born 1990), Italian politician * Marta Ferri (born 1984), Italian fashion designer * Marta Fitzgerald, former spouse of Rush Limbaugh * Marta Francés Gómez (born 1995), Spanish paratriathlete * Marta García, multiple people ** Marta García (dancer) (1949–2017), Cuban ballerina ** * Marta Hidy (1927–2010), Hungarian-Canadian violinist, conductor and music teacher * Marta Israelowa (1905–), German politician *

Marta Jandová Marta Verner (née Jandová; born 13 April 1974) is a Czech singer, best known for being the lead singer of the German alternative rock band Die Happy. She represented the Czech Republic in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 along with Václav No ...

(born 1974), Czech musician *

Márta Károlyi Márta Károlyi (; ; born August 29, 1942) is a Romanian-American gymnastics coach and the former national team coordinator for USA Gymnastics. She and her husband, Béla, are ethnic Hungarians from Transylvania, Romania, who trained athletes in ...

(born 1942), Romanian gymnastics coach *

Marta Kauffman Marta Fran Kauffman (born September 21, 1956) is an American television writer and producer. She is best known for co-creating the NBC sitcom ''Friends'' with her longtime friend, David Crane; Crane and Kauffman similarly were in a friend group ...

(born 1956), American writer and TV producer *

Marta Kostyuk Marta Olehivna Kostyuk ( ; born 28 June 2002) is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of world No. 16 in singles, achieved on 17 June 2024 and No. 27 in doubles, achieved on 8 May 2023. On the WTA Tour, she h ...

(born 2002), Ukrainian tennis player *

Marta Kristen Marta Kristen is a Norwegian-born American actress. Kristen is best known for her role as Judy Robinson, the oldest child of Professor John Robinson and his wife, Maureen, in the television series ''Lost in Space'' (1965–1968). Her character w ...

(born 1945), Norwegian-born American actress; (''Lost In Space'') * Márta Kurtág (1927–2019), Hungarian pianist and music pedagogue * Marta Laan (born 1985), Estonian actress * Márta Lacza (born 1946), Hungarian graphic artist and portrait painter * Marta Maggetti (born 1996), Italian windsurfer *

Marta Marrero Marta Marrero (born 16 January 1983) is a Spanish professional padel player and former tennis player. In tennis, she reached the quarterfinals of the French Open, won two WTA doubles titles, and also a total of 14 ITF singles and doubles tit ...

(born 1983), Spanish former tennis player * Marta Menegatti (born 1990), Italian beach volleyball player *

Marta Míguez Marta Míguez Telle (born March 3, 1973, in Louredo Cortegado, Ourense) is a retired female javelin thrower from Spain. She set her personal best (59.43 metres) on July 21, 2001, in Valencia, Spain Valencia ( , ), formally València (), ...

(born 1973), Spanish former javelin thrower * Marta Nawrocka (born 1986),

First Lady of Poland First Lady of the Republic of Poland is an informal designation customarily applied to the wife of the President of Poland, president of the Republic of Poland (as so far all Polish president in Third Republic had wives). The First Lady does not ho ...

-elect * Marta Pessarrodona (born 1941), Spanish writer * Marta Peterson, musician in the band Bleeding Through * Marta Rădulescu (1912–1959), Romanian novelist * Marta Rosique (born 1996), Spanish politician *

Marta Roure Marta Roure i Besolí (born 16 January 1981) is an Andorran singer and actress. She represented Andorra in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 with her song " Jugarem a estimar-nos", earning the eighteenth place in the semifinal. It was the first ...

(born 1981), Andorran singer and actress * Marta Rzewuska-Frankowska (1889–1954), Polish anthropologist, educator *

Marta Sánchez Marta Sánchez López (born 8 May 1966) is a Spanish singer. She has sold more than 10 million albums. Biography Marta was born in Madrid, Spain. Her father, Antonio Sánchez Camporro, was an Asturian opera singer. She began her musical car ...

(born 1966), Spanish pop singer * Marta Sandal (1878–1930), Norwegian singer *

Márta Sebestyén Márta Sebestyén (; born 19 August 1957) is a Hungarian folk vocalist, composer and actress. Early life Sebestyén was born in Budapest, Hungary. Her mother is a composer, and was a music student of Zoltán Kodály. Her father was an economi ...

(born 1957), Hungarian folk singer * Marta Segarra (born 1963), Spanish philologist, university professor, and researcher * Marta Sillaots (1887–1969), Estonian writer, translator, and literary critic *

Marta (footballer) Marta Vieira da Silva (; born 19 February 1986), known mononymously as Marta, is a Brazilian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for National Women's Soccer League club Orlando P ...

, Marta Vieira da Silva, (born 1986), Brazilian women's football player *

Marta Suplicy Marta Teresa Smith de Vasconcellos Suplicy (; born 18 March 1945) is a Brazilian politician, sexologist and psychologist. She was Mayor of São Paulo from 2001 to 2004. She later served as the Brazilian Minister of Tourism between 14 March 2007 ...

(born 1945), Brazilian politician and psychologist * Marta Tomac (born 1990), Croatian-Norwegian handball player * Marta Tufet, British public health researcher * Marta Moreno Vega (born 1942), Puerto Rican scholar of Afro-Latino studies & African diaspora studies, researcher, and artist associated with

El Museo del Barrio El Museo del Barrio, often known simply as El Museo (the museum), is a museum at 1230 Fifth Avenue in Upper Manhattan, New York City. It is located near the northern end of Fifth Avenue's Museum Mile, immediately north of the Museum of the City ...

* Marta Beliakova (born 2002), also known as smartid, Lithuanian singer, songwriter, journalist, and model

Fictional characters

* Marta Estrella, from the television show ''Arrested Development''. * Marta von Trapp, a character from ''

The Sound of Music ''The Sound of Music'' is a musical with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. It is based on the 1949 memoir of Maria von Trapp, '' The Story of the Trapp Family Singers''. ...

''. *Marta Cabrerra, from the 2019 movie Knives Out. *Marta Trundel, a character from ''

iCarly ''iCarly'' is an American teen sitcom created by Dan Schneider, which originally aired on Nickelodeon from September 8, 2007, to November 23, 2012. The series tells the story of Carly Shay (Miranda Cosgrove), a teenager who creates and hosts ...

''.

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