Name
GRETA

Name GRETA

Between 1880 and 2022 there were 92,541 births of Greta in the countries below, which represents an average of 652 births of children bearing the first name Greta per year on average throughout this period.
On the last available year for each country, we count 2,729 births.

Other languages  :  
En Français Prénom Greta   
In Italiano Nome Greta   
Available variants : Gréta , Grēta
Variations : Grethel , Gretta , Margaret


Information about the first name Greta

We celebrate Greta on November 16th, April 18th
The first name Greta is listed in our categories :The first name Greta has been assigned to:
0.14% to boys
99.86% to girls
The country where the first name Greta is the most common is:
IT Italy
This first name is on trend: Female
This first name has 5 letters including 2 vowels and 3 consonants

Anagrams of the first name Greta

An anagram is a word that contains the same letters of another word. Here is the list of first names which are an anagram of Greta : Etgar, Garet, Geart, Gerta, Great, Retag, Tegra

Greta in Japanese *

Romajigureta
Katakanaグレタ
Hiraganaぐれた
* This is a phonetic conversion, not a translation.
Greta in Japanese
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Greta in sign language

Greta in binary language

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Origin and meaning of name Greta

US English
Etymology src :
  • From German and Swedish Greta, a contraction of Margareta.
Etymology src :
  • From Old Norse grjót + a.
Etymology (Proper noun) src :
  • Greta
  • A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Anagrams src :
  • 'Gater, Gater, ergat-, grate, great, great-, retag, targe, terga
Polish
Etymology src :
  • Derived from German and Swedish Greta, a contraction of Margareta.
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡrɛ.ta/
  • Rhymes: -ɛta
  • Syllabification: Gre‧ta
Proper noun src :
  • Greta f
  • a female given name, equivalent to English Greta
PT Portuguese
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • greta f (plural gretas)
  • slit, slot, groove, gap (narrow opening)
  • nearby
  • (informal) vagina (woman's genitalia)
  • Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vagina/translations
Etymology (Verb) src :
  • greta
  • inflection of gretar:
  • third-person singular present indicative
  • second-person singular imperative
SE Swedish
Etymology src :
  • From German Greta, from Margareta. First recorded in Sweden in 1309.
Anagrams src :
  • tager, tegar
Proper noun src :
  • Greta c (genitive Gretas)
  • a female given name
  • Gretel, the girl in the fairy tale Hansel and Gretel.
 

Popularity of the name Greta

Number of GRETA births per year

Total births of Greta by country

Births with the first name Greta
Country
Boys
Girls
ITItaly
1999 - 2021
129
54,366
USUnited State of America
1880 - 2022
0
21,273
DEGermany
2000 - 2022
5
4,836
SESweden
1998 - 2022
0
2,379
ATAustria
1984 - 2021
0
1,470
NONorway
1945 - 2022
0
1,403
GBUnited Kingdom
1996 - 2021
0
1,200
CHSwitzerland
1909 - 2021
0
1,061
ARArgentina
1922 - 2015
0
1,027
ONOntario
1913 - 2019
0
737
PLPoland
2000 - 2022
0
444
NZNew Zealand
1900 - 2022
0
407
FRFrance
1900 - 2022
0
378
ESSpain
2002 - 2021
0
312
BRBrazil
1930 - 2022
0
280
CZCzechoslovakia
1900 - 2016
0
157
IEIreland
1964 - 2022
0
152
BCBritish Columbia
1919 - 2022
0
114
ABAlberta
1980 - 2022
0
113
AUAustralia
1930 - 2022
0
73
CLChili
2010 - 2021
0
69
DKDenmark
1985 - 2022
0
62
QCQuebec
1980 - 2022
0
36
BEBelgium
1995 - 2022
0
29
LVLatvia
2015 - 2022
0
18
SKSlovakia
2011 - 2022
0
11

Total births of Greta by country (last available year)

Births with the first name Greta
Country
Boys
Girls
ITItaly
2021
1
2,052
USUnited State of America
2022
0
272
DEGermany
2022
0
151
ARArgentina
2015
0
59
ATAustria
2021
0
52
GBUnited Kingdom
2021
0
35
SESweden
2022
0
31
PLPoland
2022
0
17
CHSwitzerland
2021
0
15
ONOntario
2019
0
13
CLChili
2021
0
9
FRFrance
2022
0
6
ABAlberta
2022
0
5
CZCzechoslovakia
2016
0
5
IEIreland
2022
0
4
DKDenmark
2022
0
1
LVLatvia
2022
0
1

Comments on the name Greta

Personalities with the first name Greta

There are 40 personalities with the first name Greta


Greta Thunberg
(Greta Tintin Eleonora Ernman Thunberg) src

Sweden
Environmentalist


Greta Garbo
(Greta Lovisa Gustafsson) src

United states of america Sweden
Actor Stage actor Film actor


Greta Gerwig
src

United states of america
Film director


Gréta Salóme
src

Iceland
Composer Singer Songwriter Violinist


Greta Scacchi
src

Italy Australia
Actor Stage actor Film actor


Greta Andersen
src

Kingdom of denmark
Swimmer


Gréta Arn
src

Hungary Germany
Tennis player


Greta Schröder
(Margarete Schröder) src

Germany
Screenwriter Stage actor Film actor


Greta Johansson
src

Sweden
Swimmer Competitive diver


Greta Nissen
src

Norway United states of america
Actor Stage actor Dancer Film actor



There are more than 10 personalities with the first name Greta
Full list of personalities with the first name Greta

Film Actors and Actresses with the first name Greta

There are 442 actors and actresses with the first name Greta
Greta Thunberg
Greta Esposito
Greta Bohacek
Greta Ferro
Greta Fernández
Greta Kline
Greta Cervantes
Greta Onieogou
Greta Bellamacina
Greta Scarano
Greta Gerwig
Greta Lee
Greta Jawel
Greta Milos
Greta Galisch De Palma
Greta Cavazzoni
Greta Lind
Greta Scacchi
Greta Turken
Greta Carlson
Greta Muller
Greta Blackburn
Greta Van Susteren
Greta Lor-Worth
Greta Van Langhendonck
Greta Vayan
Greta Chi
Greta Gray
Greta Nielsen
Greta Lenetska

There are more than 30 actors and actresses with the first name Greta
The full list of actors and actresses with the first name Greta

Rankings of first name GRETA by country

Country ranking (boys)
RankCountryYear
#18395IT Italy2021
Country ranking (girls)
RankCountryYear
#19IT Italy2021
#132AT Austria2021
#220AR Argentina2015
#263SE Sweden2022
#303PL Poland2022
#365DE Germany2022
#410CZ Czechoslovakia2016
#506CH Switzerland2021
#695CL Chili2021
#821ON Ontario2019
#824AB Alberta2022
#862US United State of America2022
#863LV Latvia2022
#864IE Ireland2022
#999GB United Kingdom2021
#2620DK Denmark2022
#4376FR France2022