Swedish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Märta c (genitive Märtas)

  1. a female given name

References

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  • 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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