Martta
given name · Finnish · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Martta is a given name, with more bearers in Finland than in any other country. It appears chiefly in Finnish and Portuguese, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: Martha (biblical character).
- FIFinland1 in 823◐
- SESweden1 in 43K
- CACanada1 in 3.8M
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- ≈7.0K ●
- Sources
- 46 ●
- 1 in 823 ◐
across 3 countries
665 records
Official registry-verified
Finland
Meaning & origin●
Martha (biblical character)
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 21 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FI Finland | #118 | 6,767△ | 216 rec. | 1 in 823 | 38K | Martta | 29 |
| US United States | — | 292 | 292 rec. | — | — | Martta | 46 |
| SE Sweden | — | 238△ | 8 rec. | 1 in 43K | 238 | Martta | 4 |
| BR Brazil | — | 40 | 0 rec. | 1 in 5.3M | 84 | Martta | 2 |
| DE Germany | — | 26 | 25 rec. | — | — | Martta | 16 |
| AU Australia | — | 23 | 22 rec. | — | — | Martta | 11 |
| CA Canada | — | 22 | 22 rec. | — | — | Martta | 4 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | 18 | 18 rec. | — | — | Martta | 3 |
| NG Nigeria | — | 12 | 21 rec. | — | — | Martta | 3 |
| ES Spain | — | 11 | 10 rec. | — | — | Martta | 6 |
| IN India | — | 5 | 4 rec. | — | 6 | Martta | 2 |
| NO Norway | — | — | 1 rec. | — | 20 | — | 2 |
Roughly 6.8K people in Finland bear this name (about 1 in 823). Estimates project the name's share of our records onto national population, so each is only as good as the record base beside it — the Basis column gives that base; rows marked △ rest on fewer records than the estimate itself and are order-of-magnitude at best.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- Finnish120K98%
- Portuguese4651%
- English4631%
- Spanish3831%
- Hindi1451%
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| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Finnish | 119,922 | 98% |
| Portuguese | 465 | 1% |
| English | 463 | 1% |
| Spanish | 383 | 1% |
| Hindi | 145 | 1% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Other recorded senses●
Martta is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In sju, pine marten, Martes martes
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
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●
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| Year | records |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 335 |
| 2000 | 324 |
| 2001 | 313 |
| 2002 | 303 |
| 2003 | 293 |
| 2004 | 280 |
| 2005 | 273 |
| 2006 | 259 |
| 2007 | 252 |
| 2008 | 238 |
| 2009 | 226 |
| 2010 | 215 |
| 2011 | 207 |
| 2012 | 194 |
| 2013 | 187 |
| 2014 | 176 |
| 2015 | 167 |
| 2016 | 155 |
| 2017 | 144 |
| 2018 | 143 |
| 2019 | 136 |
| 2020 | 132 |
SE SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) — 22 years between 1999–2020. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.
Notable people with this name●
- Martta Salmela-Järvinenb. 1892FIFinnish politician (1892-1987)
- Martta Wendelinb. 1893FIFinnish artist (1893–1986)
- Martta Hannulab. 1893FIFinnish actress (1893-1972)
- Martta Koskinenb. 1896FIFinnish seamstress and communist (1896–1943)
- Martta Durchmanb. 1897FIFinnish painter
- Hellä Melttib. 1903FInot in their usual nameFinnish politician (1903-1979)
- Martta Martikainen-Ypyäb. 1904FIFinnish architect
- Martta Aarnikotkab. 1904FIFinnish writer of Estonian origin (1904-1978)
- Martta Kontulab. 1908FIFinnish actress
- Kirsti Vihkob. 1939FInot in their usual nameFinnish soprano
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●
Attested in 18 sources across 11 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 38K | #79 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register) | — | 6.8K | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 1999 | 335 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2000 | 324 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2001 | 313 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2002 | 303 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2003 | 293 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2004 | 280 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2005 | 273 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2006 | 259 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2007 | 252 | — |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 238 | #4,638 |
Reference works 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 48 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Martta?
- We estimate roughly 7.0 thousand people bear Martta (counting its spellings and scripts) across 3 countries in our records.
- In which country does Martta have the most bearers?
- We estimate about 6.8 thousand people bear Martta in Finland, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled martta.
- Where is Martta most common?
- Martta is densest in Finland, where the national register counts about 1 in 823 people carrying it.
- How common is Martta compared with other names?
- In Finland, Martta is the 118th most common given name of 51,554 given names recorded there.
- Is Martta a male or female name?
- Martta 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 Martta mean?
- Recorded meaning: Martha (biblical character)
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Martta” — the 118th most common given name in Finland. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.