Martha Family History
Martha Name Meaning
Americanized form of Portuguese Spanish or Catalan Marta 1 and Hungarian (Mártha): variant of Márta (see Marta ). West Indian (Dutch Caribbean): from the female personal name Martha (see Marta ). Martha is among the ten most frequent surnames on Curaçao where it reflects the partially mother-oriented name culture of the formerly enslaved people in the West Indies (compare Martina ).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022