Marta (given name)

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.^[1]

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 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 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"

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