Given name & surname
Marte
“lady”
Marte is a variant of Martha. One Aramaic interpretation is “lady.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Marte is a variant of Martha. One Aramaic interpretation is “lady.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Marte is a variant of Martha. An origin associated with Martha is Aramaic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1952. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Marte is a variant of Martha. The history of Martha gives this family its wider story. In biblical stories, Martha is associated with the sister of Lazarus and Mary.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Marte through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 174
- 139 boys · 35 girls
- Most popular year
- 1993
- 9 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 boys is 6 in 2017. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 9 in 1993. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 597 as a first name in 2020; 10,176 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Marte’s family of names
Marte has a related form in Martha. In Norwegian usage, Marte has a related form in Marta. In Norwegian usage, Marte has a related form in Margareta.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 9
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Martyequivalent
- Martiequivalent
- Martieequivalent
- Martheequivalent
- Martenequivalent
- Martequivalent
- Mertleequivalent
- Mirteequivalent
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People named Marte
- Marte Olsbu RøiselandNorwegian biathleteborn 1990
- Marte GjefsenNorwegian freestyle skierborn 1989
- Marte Leinan LundNorwegian nordic combined skierborn 2001
- Marte Mjøs PersenNorwegian politician (born 1975)
- Marte EldenNorwegian cross-country skierborn 1986
- Marte EliassonNorwegian handball playerborn 1969
- Marte Berg EdsethNorwegian cyclistborn 1998
- Marte HarellAustrian actress (1907-1996)
- Marte WulffNorwegian singerborn 1980
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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