Marta
Gender:	Female
Origin:	Hebrew and Roman
Meaning:	Hebrew meaning: "the lady". Roman meaning: dedicated to Mars. Also known to mean "Lady-Like" and "Strong" in Armenian.

Marta is a Czech, Russian, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Georgian, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Catalan and Spanish given name

Given name

A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...

 for females, derived from Hebrew (Judæo-Aramaic

Aramaic language

Aramaic is a group of languages belonging to the Afroasiatic language phylum. The name of the language is based on the name of Aram, an ancient region in central Syria. Within this family, Aramaic belongs to the Semitic family, and more specifically, is a part of the Northwest Semitic subfamily,...

) name מַרְתָּא Martâ "The lady", but some sources claim that it was in use even before the establishment of Christianity

Christianity

Christianity is a monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus as presented in canonical gospels and other New Testament writings...

, meaning dedicated to Mars. It had male form "Martinus" in Roman culture. It has been described as a cognate of Martha

Martha

Martha of Bethany is a biblical figure described in the Gospels of Luke and John. Together with her siblings Lazarus and Mary, she is described as living in the village of Bethany near Jerusalem...

 and as a feminine variation of Martinus

Martinus (disambiguation)

Martinus may refer to:* Saint Martinus or Saint Martin of Tours* Martinus College, a secondary school in the Netherlands* Martinus Thomsen, Danish writer and mystic* HCC/net Martinus Amstelveen, a Dutch volleyball club-People with the name:...

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People with the given name

• Marta Abba
  Marta Abba
  Marta Abba was an Italian actress who had a relationship with the playwright Luigi Pirandello, a Nobel Prize winner....
  
   (1900-1988), Italian stage actress
• Marta Andrino
  Marta Andrino
  Marta Andrino , is a Portuguese actress. She has starred in several telenovelas.- Biography :She was born in Lisbon, capital city of Portugal. Her mother, Carla Andrino, is also an actress. She studied Theater in Brazil while her mother was part of the cast of Rede Globo's telenovela Negócio da China...
  
   (born 1987), Portuguese actress
• Marta Domachowska
  Marta Domachowska
  Marta Domachowska is a Polish professional tennis player. She began playing at age 7. She reached the semi finals of Australian Open Junior Championships in 2003. Her racquet brand is Wilson. She speaks four languages: Polish, English, Spanish and Russian. Other than tennis, she enjoys sports such...
  
   (born 1986), Polish tennis player
• Marta Fitzgerald, former spouse of Rush Limbaugh
  Rush Limbaugh
  Rush Hudson Limbaugh III is an American radio talk show host, conservative political commentator, and an opinion leader in American conservatism. He hosts The Rush Limbaugh Show which is aired throughout the U.S. on Premiere Radio Networks and is the highest-rated talk-radio program in the United...
  
  
• Marta Marrero
  Marta Marrero
  Marta Marrero Marrero is a former professional Spanish tennis player. She reached the quarterfinals of the French Open, won two WTA doubles titles, and also won a total of 12 ITF singles and doubles titles. Her highest singles rank on the WTA Tour was World Number 47, which she reached in 2004...
  
   (born 1983), Spaniard former tennis player
• Marta Míguez
  Marta Míguez
  Marta Míguez Telle is a retired female javelin thrower from Spain. She set her personal best on July 21, 2001 in Valencia, Spain.-Achievements:-References:*...
  
   (born 1973), Marrero's Spaniard compatriot and former javelin thrower
• Marta Peterson, musician in the band Bleeding Through
  Bleeding Through
  Bleeding Through is an American metalcore band from Orange County, California. Formed in 1999, the band blends influences stemming from modern hardcore punk, symphonic black metal, and melodic death metal...
  
  
• Márta Sebestyén
  Márta Sebestyén
  Márta Sebestyén is a Hungarian folk vocalist, as well as a composer and actress.Sebestyén's mother is a composer, and was a music student of Zoltán Kodály. Her father was an economist and author. When Sebestyén was seven years old, her father, returning from a trip to the U.S...
  
   (born 1957), a Hungarian
  Hungary
  Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
  
   folk
  Folk music
  Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....
  
   vocalist
• Marta Vieira da Silva (born 1986), Brazilian women's football player

Fictional

• Marta Estrella, a fictional character from the television show Arrested Development