Details for the forename Märta

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Märta (female)


Variants:	Margarathe (F) Margaret (F) Margarethe (F) Margrethe (F) Mereta (F) Merete (F) Mette (F)
Diminutive for:	Märeta (F)

Source(s):	The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes:	Danish vernacular form of Margaret [q.v.], from Greek or Persian "pearl". Märta is a short form of Märeta, an old spelling variant of Merete, no longer in use.