The name of the Biblical sister of Mary and Lazarus later revered as a saint, a 3rd C Persian saint, a 6th C Syrian saint, and a 14th C queen consort of Sweden. Wycliffite Bible (1395): Martha .
The name was never especially common, but it gained popularity in England in the second half of the 16th C.
- Belgium
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- Dutch
- ● 1597x1598 Martha BoonenGes p. 322
- Czech Republic
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- Latin
- ● 1349 Martha (nom) chlumecky 144;
1356 Martha (nom) ibid. 145
- England
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- Latin
- ● 1571 Martha (nom) RegSoABap p. 17
- Dutch
- ● 1571 Martha AuFr s'Keijsers;
1576 Martha ibid. Saghere;
1580 Maerta ibid. Pietersen;
1597 Martha ibid. p. 90
- Early Modern English
- ● 1541 Martha StAnthonlin p. 2;
1544 Marthat ibid. p. 4;
1561 Martha bruton1 p. 31;
1564 Martha OrpingtonKe p. 2;
1568 Martha StAnthonlin p. 19;
1569/70 Martha RegBisham p. 3;
1571 Martha OrpingtonKe p. 3;
1573 Martha BEmar-vol2 p. 129;
1577 Martha ibid. p. 129,
BUmar-vol9 p. 6;
1578 Martha StAnthonlin p. 27;
1580 Martha BEmar-vol2 p. 130,
StAnthonlin p. 27;
1581 Martha BEmar-vol2 p. 130;
1583/4 Martha RegPat p. 35;
1584 Martha ibid. p. 105,
StAnthonlin p. 30;
1585 Martha DEmar-vol2 p. 12,
OrpingtonKe p. 7;
1585/6 Martha RegPat p. 36;
1585 Martha StAnthonlin p. 31;
1587 Martha RegPat p. 107;
1589/90 Martha BEmar-vol1 p. 13;
1589 Martha CAmar-vol1 p. 4;
1590 Martha BEmar-vol2 p. 130,
StAnthonlin p. 34;
1591 Martha BEmar-vol1 p. 14;
1592/3 Martha RegFord p. 2;
1593 Martha BEmar-vol2 p. 131;
1594 Martha RegBisham p. 5,
SaxhamSf p. 40;
1596 Martha BUmar-vol9 p. 9,
StAnthonlin p. 38,
StMary-Ke p. v;
1598/9 Martha RegFord p. 3;
1599 Martha DEmar-vol2 p. 41
- Middle French
- ● 1580 Marte WCS p. 44;
1581 Marte ibid. p. 45,
Marthe ibid. p. 45;
1582 Marthe ibid. p. 17;
1583 Marte ibid. p. 17;
1584 Marthe ibid. p. 19;
1586 Marthe ibid. p. 47;
1587 Marthe ibid. p. 47;
1589 Marthe ibid. p. 22;
1591 Marthe ibid. p. 49
- Walloon
- ● 1590/1 Marte RWC p. 15,
Marthe ibid. p. 15;
1591 Marte ibid. p. 19,
Marthe ibid. p. 17;
1591/2 Marthe ibid. p. 19;
1592 Marthe ibid. p. 22;
1593 Marte ibid. p. 27;
1593/4 Marthe ibid. p. 564;
1594 Marte ibid. p. 32,
Marthe ibid. p. 33;
1595 Marthe ibid. p. 37;
1595/6 Marthe ibid. p. 41;
1596 Marthe ibid. p. 43;
1597 Marthe ibid. p. 47;
1599 Marthe ibid. p. 52
- France
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- Latin
- ● 814 Marta (nom) StVdM-II C11;
c823 Marta (nom) irminon-vol2 38, Palatiolum;
1274 Martha (nom) RegToul-13thC p. 60
- Old French
- ● 1292 Marte (obl) HistHdVParis p. 109
- Middle French
- ● 1561 Marthe RegPCC-1 p. 2;
1562 Marthe ibid. p. 6;
1563 Marthe ibid. p. 21;
1564 Marthe ibid. p. 57;
1565 Marthe ibid. p. 115;
1566 Marthe ibid. p. 227;
1567 Marthe ibid. p. 283;
1568 Marthe ibid. p. 404;
1571 Marthe ibid. p. 438
- Italy
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- Latin
- ● 1366 Marta (nom) Livi 4,
Martam (acc) ibid. 20;
1367 Marta (nom) ibid. 149,
Martam (acc) ibid. 119;
1368 Marta (nom) ibid. 235,
Martam (acc) ibid. 183;
1370 Marta (nom) ibid. 261;
1460 Marta (nom) SDHK no. 42126;
1522x1532 Martha (nom) DSF p. 50, 2
- Italian
- ● 1401 Marta SDHK no. 15739
- Ukraine
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- Latin
- ● 1469 Martha (nom) AGZ-18 19,
Martham (acc) ibid. 19,
Marthe (dat) ibid. 19
Cite as: A. Brown, S.L. Uckelman. "Martha". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2023, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2023/1/name/Martha.