Greta

Greta \gre-ta, gr-eta\ is a female's name. It consists of 5 letters and 2 syllables.

The baby girl name Greta is pronounced GREHTah (English) or GREHTaa (German) ¹.

¹ Pronunciation for Greta: G as in "grin (G.R.IH.N)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; EH as in "ebb (EH.B)" ; T as in "tee (T.IY)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)"

What is the origin of Greta?

Greta is of Old Greek origin, and it is used mainly in English, German, Polish, Scandinavian, and Austrian. Greta is a contracted form of the English and German meaning of Gretchen. Greta is also an Austrian, English, German, and Scandinavian contracted form of the Czech, English, German, Greek, Latinate, Scandinavian, and Slavic Margareta meaning of name and an Austrian, English, German, and Scandinavian contracted form of the English and Scottish short names for Margaret. Greta has 22 forms. Forms include short names for Ghita, Grata pronounciation, Greatal meaning of name, Gredel definition, what does the name Greet mean, what does the name Greeta mean, Gretal name, name Grete, meaning of Gretel (used in German too), baby name Gretha, Grethal meaning of name, Grethe meaning and origin, nicknames for Grethel, what does the name Gretna mean, short names for Grette, Grieta meaning of name, nicknames for Grietje, baby name Gryta, and Grytta meaning. Another English form is the spelling variant Gretta pronounciation. The contracted form Gret name popularity (Dutch, Frisian, and German) is a foreign variant. Greta is fairly popular as a baby name for girls. At the modest peak of its usage in 1932, 0.036% of baby girls were named Greta. It ranked at #318 then. The baby name has since suffered a marked drop in frequency, and is of only irregular use in recent times. In 2010, it ranked at #666 with a usage of 0.022%. Out of the group of girl names directly related to Greta, Margaret meaning was the most popular. It was used 4 times more than Greta in 2010.

The following famous people share the name Greta:

• Actress Greta Garbo, born Greta Lovisa Gustafsson, 18 September 1905 - 15 April 1990, Stockholm, Sweden
• TV Personality Greta Van Susteren, born 1955, Appleton, Wisconsin.

List of baby names that is pronounced like Greta:

the German and Scandinavian Grete name popularity, the English Gretta meaning and origin, the name name Garda, the name Gardey name variations, the name Gardi name popularity, the name name Gardie origin, the name Gardy pronounciation, the name short names for Geerda, the Dutch and German what does the name Geerta mean, the Latvian, African, Dutch, English, German, and Scandinavian name Gerda origin, the name name Gerdah, the German Gerhard meaning, the German Gerharde meaning, the German meaning of Gerta, the name name Gertey meaning, the English what does the name Gertha mean, the name meaning of Gerti, the English Gertie meaning and origin, the name name Gerty, and the Hungarian and Spanish Gracia meaning.

The baby name Greta fun facts:

The name Greta in reverse order is "Aterg".

The numerological value of the name Greta is number 6, which means responsibility, protection, nurturing, community, balance, sympathy.

How popular is Greta?

Greta is in the top names in USA.