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Grete

German, diminutive of Margarethe

"pearl"

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Updated Tue Feb 03 2026

Grete Origin and Meaning

Variation of Greta

Famous People Named Grete
The name Grete in Pop Culture

Famous People Named Grete

Grete Waitz
Norwegian Olympic marathon runner
Grete (Henry
)Hermann, German mathematician and philosopher
Grete Faremo
Norwegian politician
Grete Treier
Estonian cyclist
Grete Šadeiko
Estonian heptathlete
Grete Frische
Danish actress
Margarete Emma Dorothea "Grete" Mosheim
German actress
Johanna Margarete "Grete" Sultan
German,American pianist
Grete Nordrå
Norwegian actress
Margarete "Grete" Adler
Austrian swimmer
Grete Berget
Norwegian politician
Grete Paia
Estonian singer
Anne
Grete Hjelle Strøm,Erichsen, Norwegian politician; former Minister of Defense
Anne Grete Preus
Norwegian rock singer

The name Grete in Pop Culture

"Grete Minde
" 1977 Austrian,German drama film and its main character
Grete Samsa
character in Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis

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