Martha (given name)

{{Infobox given name

|name = Martha

|image = Saint_martha.jpg

|imagesize =

|caption = Martha from the Isabella Breviary, 1497

|pronunciation =

|gender = Female

|meaning = "mistress"

|region =

|origin = Greek & Aramaic

|variant forms = Marfa, Marta, Marthe

|related names = Marwa, Merve, Marva, Märta

|footnotes =

}}

Martha is a feminine given name (Latin from Ancient Greek Μάρθα (Mártha), from Aramaic מרתא (Mārtā) "the mistress" or "the lady", from מרה "mistress", feminine of מרי "master"). Patti, Patsy, and Patty were in use in Colonial America as English rhyming diminutives of the diminutive Mattie.{{cite book |last1=Hanks|first1= Patrick| last2=Hardcastle|first2=Kate |last3=Hodges| first3=Flavia| author-link= |date= 2006|title= Oxford Dictionary of First Names|url= |location= |publisher=Oxford University Press |page=216|isbn= 0-19-861060-2}} Molly has been used as a diminutive of Martha since the 1700s.{{cite web

| url= https://omaha.com/life-entertainment/local/cleveland-evans-molly-peaked-with-millennials/article_cfad70c0-57ff-11ee-804a-4372c086e0f4.html

| title= Cleveland Evans: Molly peaked with millennials

| last= Evans

| first= Cleveland Kent

| date= 24 September 2023

| website= omaha.com

| publisher= Omaha World Herald

| access-date= 20 January 2024

| quote = }}

Variants in different languages:

  • Maata (Maori)
  • Марфа (Marfa) (Russian and Belarusian), formerly spelled "Марѳа" from the Greek version of the name, that the Russians assimilate in F
  • Márta (Hungarian)
  • Marta, Martha (Indonesian)
  • Marta (Bulgarian{{clarify|date=January 2013|it uses Cyrillic exclusively}}, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Estonian, Italian, Latvian, Macedonian{{clarify|date=January 2013|it uses Cyrillic exclusively}}, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish)
  • Марта (Marta) (Ukrainian)
  • Marthe (French, German, Dutch)
  • Martta (Finnish)
  • Moireach (Scottish Gaelic)
  • Morta (Lithuanian)

People with the name

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