Marta is a female given name derived from the Aramaic name ܡܳܪܬܳܐ (Mârtâ, in Syriac script, מָרְתָא in Hebrew script), which translates as "the lady" in English. It had the male form "Martinus" in Roman culture. It has been described as a cognate of Martha.
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 Balletbò-Coll (born 1960), Spanish actress and film director
Marta Bassino (born 1996), Italian alpine skier
Marta Batinović (born 1990), Croatian-Montenegrin handball player
Marta Bunge (1938–2022), Argentine-Canadian mathematician
Marta Camps Arbestain, New Zealand soil scientist
Marta Cartabia (born 1963), Italian judge
Marta Civil, American mathematics educator
Marta Crawford, Portuguese psychologist and author
Marta Damkowski (1911–1979), German activist and politician
Marta Domachowska (born 1986), Polish tennis player
Marta Domingo (born 1935), Mexican soprano and opera director
Marta Domínguez (born 1975), Spanish track and field runner
Marta Drpa (born 1989), Serbian volleyball player
Marta Eggerth (1912–2013), Hungarian singer and actress
Márta Fábián (born 1946), Hungarian musician
Marta Fascina (born 1990), Italian politician
Marta Ferri (born 1984), Italian fashion designer
Marta Fitzgerald, former spouse of Rush Limbaugh
Marta García 1949–2017, Cuban ballerina
Marta Hidy (1927–2010), Hungarian-Canadian violinist, conductor and music teacher Marta Israelowa (1905–), German politician Marta Jandová (born 1974), Czech musician Márta Károlyi (born 1942), Romanian gymnastics coach Marta Kauffman (born 1956), American writer and TV producer Marta Kostyuk (born 2002), Ukrainian tennis player Marta Kristen (born 1945), Norwegian-born American actress; (Lost In Space) Marta Laan (born 1985), Estonian actress Márta Lacza (born 1946), Hungarian graphic artist and portrait painter Marta Marrero (born 1983), Spanish former tennis player Marta Menegatti (born 1990), Italian beach volleyball player Marta Míguez (born 1973), Spanish former javelin thrower Marta Pessarrodona (born 1941), Spanish writer Marta Peterson, musician in the band Bleeding Through Marta Rădulescu (1912–1959), Romanian novelist Marta Rosique (born 1996), Spanish politician Marta Roure (born 1981), Andorran singer and actress Marta Sánchez (born 1966), Spanish pop singer Márta Sebestyén (born 1957), Hungarian folk singer Marta Segarra (born 1963), Spanish philologist, university professor, and researcher Marta Sillaots (1887–1969), Estonian writer, translator, and literary critic Marta (footballer), Marta Vieira da Silva, (born 1986), Brazilian women's football player Marta Suplicy (born 1945), Brazilian politician and psychologist Marta Tomac (born 1990), Croatian-Norwegian handball player Marta Tufet, British public health researcher Marta Moreno Vega (born 1942), Puerto Rican scholar of Afro-Latino studies & African diaspora studies, researcher, and artist associated with El Museo del Barrio
Fictional characters
Marta Estrella, from the television show Arrested Development. Marta von Trapp, a character from The Sound of Music. Marta Cabrerra, from the 2019 movie Knives Out. Marta Trundel, a character from iCarly.