Marta (given name)
Marta is a female given name derived from the Aramaic (Judæo-Aramaic) name מַרְתָּא Martâ, which translates as "the lady" in English. It had the male form "Martinus" in Roman culture. It has been described as a cognate of Martha.[1]
| Gender | female |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Akkadian, Hebrew, Roman |
| Meaning | Akkadian: "the daughter"; Hebrew: "the lady"; Roman: "dedicated to Mars" |
The name Marta should not be confused with the similar-looking Swedish name Märta, which derives from the Greek name Margaret and means "pearl".
People with the given name
- Marta Abba (1900–1988), Italian stage actress
- Marta Acosta, American fiction novelist
- Marta Andrino (born 1987), Portuguese actress
- Marta Balletbò-Coll (born 1960), Catalan actress and film director
- Marta Bunge, Argentine-Canadian mathematician
- Marta Camps Arbestain, New Zealand soil scientist
- Marta Cartabia (born 1963), Italian judge
- Marta Civil, American mathematics educator
- Marta Damkowski (1911–1979), German activist and politician
- Marta Domachowska (born 1986), Polish tennis player
- Marta Domingo (born 1935), Mexican soprano and opera director
- Marta Domínguez (born 1975), Spanish track and field runner
- Marta Drpa (born 1989), Serbian volleyball player
- Marta Eggerth (1912–2013), Hungarian singer and actress
- Márta Fábián (born 1946), Hungarian musician
- Marta Fascina (born 1990), Italian politician
- Marta Ferri (born 1984), Italian fashion designer
- Marta Fitzgerald, former spouse of Rush Limbaugh
- Marta Hidy (1927–2010), Hungarian-Canadian violinist, conductor and music teacher
- Marta Jandová (born 1974), Czech musician
- Márta Károlyi (born 1942), Romanian gymnastics coach
- Marta Kauffman (born 1956), American writer and TV producer
- Marta Kristen (born 1945), Norwegian-born American actress; (Lost In Space)
- Marta Laan (born 1985), Estonian actress
- Márta Lacza (born 1946), Hungarian graphic artist and portrait painter
- Marta Marrero (born 1983), Spanish former tennis player
- Marta Menegatti (born 1990), Italian beach volleyball player
- Marta Míguez (born 1973), Spanish former javelin thrower
- Marta Peterson, musician in the band Bleeding Through
- Marta Rădulescu (1912–1959), Romanian novelist
- Marta Rosique (born 1996), Catalan politician
- Marta Sánchez (born 1966), 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
- Marta Tufet, British public health researcher
- Marta Moreno Vega (born 1942), Puerto Rican scholar of Afro-Latino studies & African diaspora studies, researcher, and artist associated with El Museo del Barrio
Fictional characters
- Marta Estrella, from the television show Arrested Development
- Marta von Trapp, a character from The Sound of Music
- Marta Cabrerra, from the 2019 movie Knives Out
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