Marta

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Maria in BR Brazil, ES Spain, AR Argentina and 13 more, Mary in US United States, GB United Kingdom, PH Philippines and 3 more, Мария in RU Russia, BG Bulgaria and Marie in FR France.

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

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 22 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Marta is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate given name61K records spelled Marta8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Spain, Ethiopia, United Kingdom

  Also written Märta, Márta, Martã, Martå, Ma̋rta

• Khmer given name26K records spelled Marta4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, United States, Italy, Vietnam

  Languages: Khmer, Vietnamese

  Also written Márta, Märta

• Indonesian given name21K records spelled Marta4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, Spain, United States, Italy

  Also written 'Marta, Márta, Marta'

• Latvian given name8.5K records spelled Marta5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Latvia, Lithuania, United States, Spain

  Languages: Latvian, Lithuanian

  Also written Morta, Mārta

• Thai given name6.6K records spelled Marta14 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Laos, United States, Thailand, Spain

  Languages: Thai, Lao

  Also written Martha, มาธา, Maritha, Märta, มาร์ธา

88 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.

Other recorded senses●

Marta is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

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

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

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

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

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

  as a name·Dizionario Dei Nomi e Cognomi Italiani

• In Spanish, del arameo mar, 'señor'; 'la señora'

  as a name·Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios

• 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.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 125 years between 1888–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Márta Pánb. 1923HUsculptor from Hungary and France (1923-2008)
• Martha Hyerb. 1924USnot in their usual nameactress (1924-2014)
• Marta Kauffmanb. 1956USAmerican TV producer
• Martikab. 1969USnot in their usual nameCuban-American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1969)
• Marta Eturab. 1978ESSpanish actress
• Marta Vieira da Silvab. 1986BRBrazilian footballer (born 1986)
• Marta Domachowskab. 1986PLPolish tennis player
• Marta Gastinib. 1989ITItalian actress
• Marta Torrejónb. 1990ESSpanish footballer
• Marta Kostyukb. 2002UAUkrainian tennis player (born 2002)

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).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 1,463 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Marta?

We estimate roughly 21 million people bear Marta (counting its spellings and scripts) across 12 countries in our records.

In which country does Marta have the most bearers?

Marta is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled maria.

How common is Marta compared with other names?

In Argentina, Marta is the most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.

Is Marta a male or female name?

Marta is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Marta mean?

Recorded meaning: 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).