Greta Name Meaning & Origin
Greta
Origin of the name Greta:
A short form of Margarethe (a pearl), Greta is also commonly bestowed as an independent given name.
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- Nicknames for Greta
Gret, Gretal, Groot
- Meanings and history of the name Greta
Scandinavian short form of Margaret (Greek) "pearl".
- Famous real-life people named Greta
Greta Gerwig, American actress and filmmaker
Greta Garbo, Swedish-American actress
Greta Thunberg (b. 2003), Swedish climate change activist and Time magazine's Person of the Year for 2019
Greta Van Susteren, American journalist
Greta Scacchi, Italian-English actress
Greta Kline (b. 1994), daughter of American actor Kevin Kline and model Phoebe Cates; better known by her stage name Frankie Cosmos.
Greta Burrell (b. 2012), daughter of American actor and comedian Ty Burrell
Greta Lilia Bean (b. 2018), daughter of American actress Lyndsy Fonseca- Greta in song, story & screen
Greta von Amberg, character on the soap opera "Days of our Lives"
In the movie Liar, Liar with Jim Carrey, his secretary is named Greta.