Entry № 1589 · Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Aramaic origin

Marta Marta — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ MAR-tah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Aramaic
Meaning
"Lady (Marta Vieira da Silva, six-time FIFA Best Women's Player)"
Syllables
2
Rank · US 2025
№ 0
First recorded
Medieval (Spanish)

A name that means "lady (marta vieira da silva, six-time fifa best women's player)".

Marta is the Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Polish, and Scandinavian form of Martha — from the Aramaic *martā* ("lady, mistress of the house"). **Marta Vieira da Silva (born 1986)** — **Brazilian footballer widely regarded as the greatest women's footballer of all time; six-time FIFA Best Women's Player of the Year (2006-2010, 2018) — a record across either gender**. **All-time top scorer in FIFA Women's World Cup history with 17 goals across six tournaments (2003-2023); the only footballer of any gender to have scored at five different World Cups**. **Six-time Brazilian Footballer of the Year; Olympic silver (2004, 2008)**. **Globally known by mononym "Marta"**. **A top-100 baby name continuously in Spain, Portugal, Italy, and Poland; rare in the US**.

Featured throughout 2000s-2020s football.

Lady. The greatest women's footballer ever; 17 World Cup goals across six tournaments — both records.

The name in its native script.

Marta
Transliteration
Marta
Pronunciation
/ ˈmɑːr.tə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Marta stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ 0 in the U.S.
All-time peak
№ 700 in 2009
Babies named Marta · last year
110 in the U.S.
First entered SSA top-1000
1880
Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular
№25 №75 №150 №250 1995 2005 2015 2020 2025 PEAK · #700 NOW · —

Martas before her.

Real people
Marta Vieira da Silva
Brazilian football legend.
born 1986
In fiction
Marta
Rian Johnson's Knives Out.
2019

Names connected to Marta.

The number behind Marta.

5

The Free Spirit

Marta reduces to five — the number of footballer of all time.

Why families chose this name.

"The lady of football. Five letters. Marta."
Maria · Mother of one · São Paulo