Aramaic female names come from a Semitic language family used across the Near East and preserved in dialects such as Syriac. A key feminine marker is the historical -tā ending, realized in later forms as -a or -ah and often reflected as -th in Greek and Latin transcriptions. Many women’s names are feminine nouns or titles (for example, Tabitha “gazelle,” Talitha “girl,” Martha “mistress”) or derive from toponyms (such as Magdalene from Magdala).

In modern usage, Aramaic-origin female names are known largely through New Testament transmission into European languages and through ongoing use in Syriac Christian traditions. Examples include Mariam, Martha, Talitha, Tabitha, Tabea, Magdalene, Madalena, Marthe, Bethani, and Tomasa.