# Marthe (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/marthe/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | French |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 298 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 298 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

Borrowed from French Marthe and Norwegian Marthe.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 8 | 4,196 |
| 1951 | 5 | 5,933 |
| 1952 | 10 | 3,706 |
| 1953 | 8 | 4,455 |
| 1954 | 10 | 3,878 |
| 1955 | 11 | 3,712 |
| 1958 | 6 | 5,861 |
| 1959 | 5 | 6,873 |
| 1960 | 5 | 6,973 |
| 1972 | 5 | 9,088 |
| 1980 | 5 | 11,455 |
| 1983 | 5 | 11,318 |
| 1984 | 6 | 9,891 |
| 1987 | 6 | 10,715 |
| 1988 | 6 | 11,239 |

## People named Marthe

- Marthe Vogt, German neuroscientist (1903–2003)
- Marthe Koala, Burkinabe heptathlete and hurdler
- Marthe Robin, French Roman Catholic mystic (1902-1981)
- Marthe Richard, French politician, prostitute and spy (1889-1982)
- Marthe Villalonga, French actress
- Marthe Wandou, Cameroonian gender and peace activist
- Marthe Mercadier, French actress (1928–2021)
- Marthe Donas, Belgian painter (1885-1967)
- Marthe Robert, French literary critic (1914–1996)
- Marthe Cnockaert, Belgian nurse and British spy (1892-1966)
- Marthe Mellot, French actress (1870-1947)
- Marthe Niel, French aviator

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.