What do you think when you hear the name...

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Martha?

Unfortunately I think of The Handmaid's Tale. The Martha's are kitchen drudges. Somewhat ruined the name for me.

It's a beautiful name. One of my dearest friends is called Martha.

Stewart. Old fashioned.

My dd middle name !

Firstly a little girl who was at nursery with my dd, then the novel the handmaid’s tale.

Old ladies name . Making a comeback but still awful .. sorry .

Sorry but I find it a drab and ugly word and can't imagine deciding to label a small human with it. Obviously people do and sure there are lots of lovely Martha's out there...just my opinion. It would rank with names like Ruth, Olive, Bernadette, Beverley, Maxine in my head.

The Bible

I know a 10 year old Martha and she is lovely
Great name!

1. a white cat I had, named after 'Arthur' the white cat int he TV ads

2. Dr Who

3. Stewart

4. character from the secret garden

5. 's vineyard and its sign language

@fuzzymoomin

I only think of The Handmaids Tale. That's put me right off the name Martha.

This, I'm afraid

I was wanting to watch the Handmaids Tale, will it really put me off the name? I might just wait till babies here and it’s tough luck then

At the moment, Handmaid’s Tale for me too but only because it’s just finished.

And although the Marthas in that are all domestic slaves, many of them are also strong, amazing, kickarse women. They’re a major part of the Resistance (won’t say any more if you haven’t watched it yet).

If you were suggesting Lydia or Serena, on the other hand…!!!!

I haven’t actually seen the series, only read the novel. Martha isn’t anyone’s name, it’s a sort of ‘thing’ as a op said. They are mainly women who aren’t able to bear children who work as servants. As far as I remember in the book, they really aren’t that strong/amazing and are pretty much just ‘there’ but obviously that might be different in the series.

Lovely. A Martha can be anything she wants, I think it suits baby, cool teen, confident adult.

It's definitely coming back, I know of 3 Martha's under 1 and I only know about 8 children under 1!

I like it OP.
I like Marsha too.

Relative of mine , a young girl. I hate the name, sorry. It's old fashioned and dowdy.

I actually like it but it just makes me think of
The Handmaids Tale.

Really beautiful name.

It conjures images of a pretty girl in a beautiful Mediterranean village for me. I think its popular in Greece etc

@Threewheeler1

I like it OP. I like Marsha too.

I had a colleague called Marsha who was lovely - probably still is 20 odd years and three children later. She was from Aberdeen. She was clever and great fun. Her name suited her very well.

Love Martha

Our DD was either Bessie, Martha, Tallulah or Delilah, we chose Delilah

The only Martha I know is one of the worst people I've ever met. So she ruins the name for me.

Plumtree391
Yes, me too. The Marsha I knew was lovely, gentle and funny. Someone's personality has such an impact on how you view a name!