Marfa
Marfa is an East Slavic given name, a variant of Martha.Marfa Alekseyevna of Russia (1652–1707), Moscow Tsarina and Orthodox saint St.
- Russian
Meaning & Origin of Marfa
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Marfa is an East Slavic given name, a variant of Martha.Marfa Alekseyevna of Russia (1652–1707), Moscow Tsarina and Orthodox saint St.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Russian
The Story of Marfa
American parents first put Marfa on the record books as a baby girl name in 1970, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1970, when 5 Marfas were born — ranking #7,996 that year. Marfa last appeared in the published SSA data in 1971, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 10 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Marfa
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Names that sound like Marfa
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About the name Marfa
Marfa is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1970 and has accumulated 10 births in the dataset. Marfa's peak popularity came in 1970 when it ranked #7,996. Use the chart and map above to compare Marfa's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.