Märta
See also: marta, Marta, MARTA, Márta, Mártá, martā, and Marťa
Swedish
Etymology
A contraction through Old Danish Merete of Margareta (“Margaret”). First recorded in Sweden in 1342 as Märeta.
Proper noun
Märta c (genitive Märtas)
- A female given name.
References
- Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
- Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 26 337 females with the given name Märta living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1900s decade. Accessed on 19 June 2011.