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Marta (given name)

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Gender
  
female

Word/name
  
Akkadian, Hebrew, Roman

Meaning
  
Akkadian: "the daughter"; Hebrew: "the lady"; Roman: "dedicated to Mars"

Marta is a female given name derived from the Hebrew (Judæo-Aramaic) name מַרְתָּא Martâ "The lady". It had the male form "Martinus" in Roman culture. It has been described as a cognate of Martha.

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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 Cartabia (born 1963), Italian judge
  • Marta Domachowska (born 1986), Polish tennis player
  • Marta Domingo, Mexican soprano and opera director
  • Marta Domínguez (born 1975), Spanish track and field runner
  • Marta Eggerth (1912–2013), Hungarian singer and actress
  • 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)
  • Márta Lacza (born 1946), Hungarian graphic artist and portrait painter
  • 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 Rădulescu (1912–1959), Romanian novelist
  • 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

    • 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)
  • Marta von Trapp, a character from "The Sound of Music"

    • References

    Marta (given name) Wikipedia
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