Gretchen

German, diminutive of Margarethe

"pearl"

Gretchen Origin and Meaning

Variation of Greta

Gretchen Rank in US Top 1000

# 996 in the US

Gretchen Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 926 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Gretchen

• 926 Nameberry 2025

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Famous People Named Gretchen

• Gretchen Mol American actress
• Gretchen Craft Rubin American author and attorney
• Gretchen Frances Wilson American country singer
• Gretchen Elizabeth Carlson Miss America 1989
• Gretchen Christine Rossi American reality TV personality of "Real Housewives of Orange County"
• Gretchen Inga Geraghty American YouTuber
• Gretchen Barretto Filipina actress
• Gretchen Egolf American actress
• Gretchen stage name of Maria Odete Brito de Miranda, Brazilian celebrity
• Gretchen Esther Whitmer American politician from Michigan

The name Gretchen in Pop Culture

• Gretchen Weiners character in the movie "Mean Girls"
• Gretchen minor character in "Phineas and Ferb"
• Gretchen Priscilla Grundler one of the main characters on animated series "Recess"
• Greedy Gretchen character on TV's "Three's Company"
• Gretchen character in book series "The Popularity Papers"
• Gretchen Ross Jena Malone's character in "Donnie Darko"
• Gretchen Louise Morgan character in "Prison Break"
• Gretchen Berg from the TV show "Heroes"
• Gretchen a side character in cartoon "Bob's Burgers"
• Gretchen minor character on "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt"
• Gretchen Witter Pacey's sister on "Dawson's Creek"
• Gretchen Cutler main character on "You're the Worst"
• Gretchen character in Faust: The First Part of the Tragedy
• Gretchen character on TV's Weeds
• Gretchen Cutler a character from You're the Worst
• Gretchen Schwartz character on TV's Breaking Bad
• Gretchen character in the animated series “Invader Zim”
• Gretchen Mannkusser character from Malcolm in the Middle
• Gretchen character on animated series Camp Lazlo
• Gretchen Grietchelson character from Camp Lakebottom
• Gretchen Grimlock character in online game Poptropica.
• Kriemhild Gretchen the witch form of Madoka Kaname, a character in manga/anime Puella Magi Madoka Magica
• Gretchen Bodinski character on TV's Suits
• Gretchen a character in George Tabori's farce stage,adoptation of Hitler's Mein Kampf