Märta

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See also: marta, Marta, MARTA, Márta, Mártá, martā, and Marťa

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

A contraction through Old Danish Merete of Margareta (“Margaret”). First recorded in Sweden in 1342 as Märeta.

Pronunciation[edit]

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Proper noun[edit]

Märta c (genitive Märtas)

  1. a female given name

References[edit]

  • Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
  • [1] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 26 337 females with the given name Märta living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1900s decade. Accessed on 19 June 2011.
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