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Marta

/MAR-tah/Lingala & Swahili · a girl’s name

“Lady; mistress of the household (from Aramaic).”

In Lingala

How to say it
MAR-tah
Given to
Girls
Used in
DR Congo, Congo-Brazzaville
How common
uncommon

Every way to write it

The name & its alternative spellings

MartaMartha

From the same family

01Marthe“Lady; mistress of the household (from Aramaic).”Lingalafemale→︎02Martine“Feminine form of Martin: of Mars; warlike.”Lingalafemale→︎

In Swahili

How to say it
MAR-tah
Given to
Girls
Used in
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
How common
uncommon