Greta

German, diminutive of Margarethe

"pearl"

Greta Origin and Meaning

Variation of Gretchen

Greta Rank in US Top 1000

# 855 in the US

Greta Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 393 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Greta

• 855 US 2024
• 393 Nameberry 2025
• 513 Future 2028
• 994 England 2021
• 31 Germany 2017
• 19 Italy 2023
• 91 Spain 2019
• 88 sweden 2018
• 163 switzerland 2019
• 50 Austria 2019

20 Names Similar to Greta

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Greta.

• Ida
• Margo
• Nellie
• Maude
• Nell
• Alma
• Effie
• Ramona
• Frances
• Harriet
• Marjorie
• Ruth
• Bea
• Philippa
• Lois
• Ingrid
• Etta
• Hattie
• Lottie
• Winifred

Famous People Named Greta

• Greta Morgan Salpeter American pianist and singer of The Hush Sound and Gold Motel
• Greta Garbo (born Greta Lovisa Gustafsson) Swedish actress
• Greta Celeste Gerwig American actress and director
• Greta Van Susteren American TV journalist and commentator
• Greta Scacchi Italian,Australian actress
• Greta Gynt (born Margrethe Woxholt) Norwegian singer, dancer and actress
• Greta Andersen Danish Olympic swimmer
• Margarethe "Greta" Schröder German actress
• Gréta Arn Hungarian tennis player
• Greta Caruso daughter of actor David Caruso
• Greta Burrell daughter of actor Ty Burrell
• Greta Lilia Bean (b. 2018) daughter of actors Lyndsy Fonseca and Noah Bean
• Greta Tintin Eleonora Ernman Thunberg Climate activist

The name Greta in Pop Culture

• Georgiana Evelina "Greta" O'Donnell main character in movie "According to Greta"
• Great Aunt Greta character in the Horrid Henry series
• Greta character in movie "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2"
• Greta human character in video game "Spyro the Dragon"
• Greta Grimly character on TV's "Fargo"
• "Greta " song by Stevie Nicks
• Greta Van Fleet American rock band

International Variations of the name Greta

• Gryta Slavic
• Gretta German
• Grietje Dutch
• Gretl Eastern European
• Grette German
• Grethe Scandinavian
• Ghita Italian