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in reply to a message by Martiella Kreuzberger
I can't say that no one else in the world might also share your name, but a quick check of the 1990 U.S. Federal Census revealed that "Martiella" doesn't appear among the top 4,000 names for girls recorded that year. At least in the United States, you seem to have a rare name.
I would guess that "Martiella" is a variation of the names "Martina" or "Marcella" -- both of which derive from a Latin source and mean: "belonging to the Roman war-god Mars; warlike; martial."
Among the early Christians, these names became a popular choice for daughters in honor of Saint Mark, who is credited with having written one of the gospels of the New Testament.
There is also a genus of mistletoe called "Martiella":
http://www.rms.nau.edu/mistletoe/genera/
So you can make the mistletoe your personal flower-emblem. According to *The Language of Flowers*, the mistletoe signifies the motto: "I surmount difficulties."
-- Nanaea
I would guess that "Martiella" is a variation of the names "Martina" or "Marcella" -- both of which derive from a Latin source and mean: "belonging to the Roman war-god Mars; warlike; martial."
Among the early Christians, these names became a popular choice for daughters in honor of Saint Mark, who is credited with having written one of the gospels of the New Testament.
There is also a genus of mistletoe called "Martiella":
http://www.rms.nau.edu/mistletoe/genera/
So you can make the mistletoe your personal flower-emblem. According to *The Language of Flowers*, the mistletoe signifies the motto: "I surmount difficulties."
-- Nanaea
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