Marta (given name)

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Marta is a Bulgarian, Catalan, Czech, Finnish, Galician, Georgian, German, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Latvian, Polish, Portuguese, Slovak, Spanish, and Ukrainian female given name derived from the Hebrew (Judæo-Aramaic) name מַרְתָּא Martâ "The lady", but some sources claim that it was in use even before the establishment of Christianity, meaning dedicated to Mars.^[1] It had the male form "Martinus" in Roman culture. It has been described as a cognate of Martha^[2] and as a feminine variation of Martinus.^[1]

People with the given name

• Martha of Denmark (1277–1341), in Swedish: Märta, Queen consort of King Berger of Sweden
• King Martha (Swedish noblewoman) (1520–1584), Märta Erikdotter Leijonhufvud, also known as King Märta
• Marta Abba (1900–1988), Italian stage actress
• Marta Andrino (born 1987), Portuguese actress
• Marta Domachowska (born 1986), Polish tennis player
• Marta Domínguez (born 1975), Spanish track and field runner
• Marta Eggerth (1912–2013), Hungarian singer and actress
• Marta Fitzgerald, former spouse of Rush Limbaugh
• Márta Károlyi (born 1942), Romanian gymnastics coach
• Marta Kauffman (born 1956), American writer and TV producer
• Marta Marrero (born 1983), Spanish former tennis player
• Marta Míguez (born 1973), Spanish former javelin thrower
• Marta Peterson, musician in the band Bleeding Through
• Marta Sánchez (born 1969), Spanish pop singer
• Márta Sebestyén (born 1957), Hungarian folk singer
• Marta (footballer), Marta Vieira da Silva, (born 1986), Brazilian women's football player
• Marta Suplicy (born 1945), Brazilian politician and psychologist

Fictional characters

• Marta Estrella, from the television show Arrested Development
• Marta, the dubbed English name for Martel of the manga and anime Fullmetal Alchemist
• Dr. Marta Shearing, a character in The Bourne Legacy (film)

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