Marta

Locally spelled Martha in US United States.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

• Spanish:/ˈmaɾ.t̪a/●(recorded in a dictionary) from Wiktionary
• Portuguese:/ˈmah.tɐ/●(recorded in a dictionary) from Wiktionary
• English:/ˈmɑː(ɹ)tə/●(recorded in a dictionary) from Wiktionary

Attested across 22 languages in the etymology graph.

Marta is one spelling over 3 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

• Spanish62%

  del arameo mar, 'señor'; 'la señora'

  as a name·Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios

• Portuguese14%

  a female given name from Aramaic, equivalent to English Martha

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• English8.0%

  No dictionary in our sources glosses Marta in English.

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Marta, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.

• Klara
• Karolina
• Agata
• Luisa
• Renata

From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.

Marta is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate name8 spellings in the group

  Also written Ma̋rta, Martá, Martă, Martå, Márta

• Khmer given name4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, United States, Italy, Vietnam

  Languages: Khmer, Vietnamese

  Also written Márta, Märta

• Indonesian given name4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, Spain, United States, Philippines

  Also written 'Marta, Márta, Marta'

• Lao given name14 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Laos, United States, Thailand, Spain

  Languages: Lao, Thai

  Also written Martha, มาธา, Maritha, มาร์ธา, Märta

90 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Marta is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• from the female personal name which appears in the New Testament as Martha (Aramaic Marta ‘lady’), borne by the sister of Lazarus and Mary (of Bethany).

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• New Testament. See }) Martha in main dictionary.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• In Italian, Nome siriaco, dello stesso significato di Maria.

  as a name·Dizionario Dei Nomi e Cognomi Italiani

• In Italian, Nome siriaco, dello stesso significato di Jfaria. 29 luglio. Ne derivano pochi cognomi. Nel friulano ?dartelosai, -mi (3fartelosse)forse c'è una reminiscenza del diminutivo tedesco Martel. Ma in Martelli (Mar- l;inelli), Martucci, ha uguali diritti ilfartino. Per il piemontese Martano vedi Samaritatra.

  as a name·Nomi e Cognomi: Saggio di ricerche etimologiche e storiche

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

• Martha Hyerb. 1924USactress (1924-2014)
• Marta Kauffmanb. 1956USAmerican TV producer
• Marta Vieira da Silvab. 1986BRBrazilian footballer (born 1986)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

124 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 53 countries.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Where does the name Marta come from?

from the female personal name which appears in the New Testament as Martha (Aramaic Marta ‘lady’), borne by the sister of Lazarus and Mary (of Bethany). Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.

Which countries have the most people named Marta?

Mondonomo estimates about 999 thousand people named Martha in Mexico, more than in any other country we hold. After it come Colombia, United States, Poland and Argentina; the country table on this page ranks them.

How do you pronounce Marta?

It depends on the language: in Spanish /ˈmaɾ.t̪a/ (Wiktionary); in Portuguese /ˈmah.tɐ/ (Wiktionary); in English /ˈmɑː(ɹ)tə/ (Wiktionary).

Is Marta a male or female name?

Marta is a female name. National registers that list it by sex list it as female: Poland (dane.gov.pl), Spain (INE), Brazil (IBGE, 2022) and United States (Census Bureau, 2020), among others.

What does the name Marta mean?

In Portuguese, a female given name from Aramaic, equivalent to English Martha

What are other forms of the name Marta?

In the etymology graph, Martha, Patsy and Patty are forms of the same name in other languages; Martita is a recorded short or pet form.

How common is the name Marta?

In Poland, the national register counted 289,122 people named Marta in 2026, about 1 in 132 residents.

How common is Marta compared with other names?

In Mexico, Marta is the 346th most common given name of 193,485 given names recorded there.