Given name
Marketta
Marketta is used as a given name. Marketta is connected with Margaret.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
In Finnish use, Marketta shares an earlier linguistic root with Margaret. Margaret has been associated with Greek and Hebrew naming traditions. The precise derivation is uncertain.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Finnish use, Marketta is used as a form of Margaret.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1943. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Marketta through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 865
- 0 boys · 865 girls
- Most popular year
- 1985
- 46 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2008. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 46 in 1985. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 720 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Marketta’s family of names
Marketta shares a linguistic root with Margaret. In Finnish usage, Marketta has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Margarita. Marketta is a form of Margaret.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Marketta has relatives in 7 languages.
7 related names in 7 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Marketta
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