Name: Martha

Gender: Female

Usage: Martha, of aramaic origin, is a very popular first name. It is more often used as a girl (female) name.

People having the name Martha are in general originating from Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Netherlands, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America.

Meaning: The meaning of the name Martha is: Lady.

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The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 7. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: spiritual, intelligent, analytical, reserved, knowledgeable, mysterious, intuitive.

Interpretation:
Qualities: Philosophical, Spiritual
Ruling planet: Neptune
Colors: Green
Gemstones: Moonstone

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The name Martha is ranked on the 487th position of the most used names. It means that this name is very frequently used.

We estimate that there are at least 1281300 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.018% of the population. The name Martha has six characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.

The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Martha for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:

The name day of Martha is 29 July.

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Martha is a feminine given name (Latin from Ancient Greek Μάρθα, from Aramaic מרתא (martā) "the mistress" or "the lady", from מרה "mistress", feminine of מרי "master").

Variants in different languages:

  • Maata (Maori)
  • Марфа (Marfa) (Russian), formerly spelled "Марѳа"
  • Márta (Hungarian)
  • Marta (Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Italian, Macedonian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish)
  • Марта (Marta) (Ukrainian)
  • Marthe (French, German)
  • Martta (Finnish)
  • Mártuska (Hungarian)
  • Moireach (Scottish Gaelic)
  • Morta (Lithuanian)

A traditional English language nickname was Patty.


New Testament name, of Aramaic rather than Hebrew origin, meaning ‘lady’. It was borne by the sister of Lazarus and Mary of Bethany (John 11: 1). According to Luke 10: 38, when Jesus visited the house of Mary and Martha, Mary sat at his feet, listening to him, while Martha ‘was cumbered about much serving’, so that she complained to Jesus, ‘Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone?’ For this reason, the name Martha has always been associated with hard domestic work, as opposed to the contemplative life.
Other forms: French, German: Marthe. Scandinavian: Mart(h)a, Mart(h)e. Spanish, Italian, Polish, and Czech: Marta. Hungarian: Márta. Pet form: Spanish: Martita.

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