Given name
Mirtha
“lady”·“crowned with thorns”
Mirtha is a variant of Martha. One Aramaic interpretation is “lady.” Mirtha is a variant of Mirta. One Spanish interpretation is “crowned with thorns.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Mirtha is a variant of Martha. One Aramaic interpretation is “lady.” Mirtha is a variant of Mirta. One Spanish interpretation is “crowned with thorns.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Mirtha is a variant of Martha. An origin associated with Martha is Aramaic. Mirtha is a variant of Mirta. An origin associated with Mirta is Spanish.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1948. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Mirtha 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
Mirtha through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 539
- 0 boys · 539 girls
- Most popular year
- 1972
- 21 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 5 in 2008. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 21 in 1972. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,960 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.
Mirtha’s family of names
Mirtha has a related form in Martha. Mirtha has a related form in Mirta.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Mirtha
- Mirtha VásquezPeruvian lawyer and politicianborn 1975
- Mirtha BrockColombian athletics competitor (born 1970)
- Mirtha ReidUruguayan actress1918–1981
- Mirtha IbarraCuban film, television and theater actress, director and screenwriterborn 1946
- Mirtha DermisacheArgentine artist (1940–2012)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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