Girl · Aramaic
Marfa
Say it: MAR-fah
Meaning
Russian form of Martha, from Aramaic marta 'lady, mistress'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
A common old Russian Orthodox name, rare today.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 10 babies given this name since 1970
- At its height in 1971, about 1 in 332,700 girls
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- The Renaissance1400 to 1600
- The Age of Revolutions1750 to 1837
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Марфа
| Polish | Marta |
|---|---|
| Czech | Marta |
| English | Martha |
Famous bearers
- Marfa Boretskaya, leader in Novgorod
- Marfa Sobakina, wife of Ivan the Terrible
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Where this comes from
- The Hebrew Bible and the New Testament
- Medieval Slavic chronicles and charters
- Royal and noble genealogies
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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