Girl · Aramaic
Martha
Say it: MAR-thuh
Meaning
Aramaic marta, 'lady, mistress'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Used in medieval Europe and very common in England and America from the 17th to 19th centuries.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1880s
In the United States
- 551,531 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1887, about 1 in 97 girls
- 348 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The Biblical WorldAbout 1200 BC to AD 100
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- The Renaissance1400 to 1600
- The Colonial Americas1500 to 1800
- The Age of Revolutions1750 to 1837
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
AramaicEarly ChristianEnglishAmericanFrenchSpanishItalianGermanPolishRussian
The family of the name
Other spellings: Marta, Marthe
| French | Marthe |
|---|---|
| Spanish | Marta |
| Italian | Marta |
| Portuguese | Marta |
| German | Martha |
| Polish | Marta |
| Russian | Marfa |
| Hungarian | Márta |
Famous bearers
- Martha of Bethany, sister of Mary and Lazarus
- Martha Washington, first First Lady of the United States
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Where this comes from
- The Hebrew Bible and the New Testament
- Parish baptism registers
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- Colonial records of the Americas
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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