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MARTHA
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GENDER: Feminine
USAGE: English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Greek, Biblical, Old Church Slavic, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
PRONOUNCED: MAHR-thÉ™ (English) [key]
Meaning & History
From Aramaic מרתא (marta') meaning "lady, mistress". In the New Testament this is the name of the sister of Lazarus and Mary of Bethany. It was not used in England until after the Protestant Reformation. A notable bearer was Martha Washington (1731-1802), the wife of the first American president George Washington.
Related Names
OTHER LANGUAGES: Marta (Bulgarian), Marta (Catalan), Marta (Croatian), Marta (Czech), Martta (Finnish), Marthe (French), Marthe (German), Márta, Mártuska (Hungarian), Marta (Italian), Morta (Lithuanian), Marta (Macedonian), Maata (Maori), Matty (Medieval English), Marta (Polish), Marta (Portuguese), Marta (Romanian), Marfa (Russian), Marta (Serbian), Marta (Slovak), Marta (Slovene), Marta, Martita (Spanish) Popularity
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