However, you might be thinking about:
* Adjectives: These describe nouns, so they could come before a noun like "Martha". For example: "Happy Martha", "Beautiful Martha", "Young Martha".
* Determiners: These specify the noun, like "the", "a", "this", "that", "my", "your", etc. They can also come before a proper noun. For example: "The Martha I know" , "That Martha is my sister", "My Martha is amazing".
So, while "Martha" doesn't have something that's always *before* it, other words can modify it and come before it in a sentence.