Greta - Name Meaning and Origin

The girl's name Greta \g-re-ta\ is pronounced GREH-tah. It is of German origin. Short form of Margaret (Greek) "pearl". Made famous by actress Greta Garbo. Marathon runner Greta Waitz.

Greta has 13 variant forms: Greeta, Gretal, Gretchen, Grete, Gretel, Gretha, Grethe, Grethel, Gretna, Gretta, Grette, Grietje and Gryta.

Baby names that sound like Greta are Grata and Gerta.

Greta is a very popular female first name and a very rare surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census). Displayed below is the baby name popularity trend for the girl's name Greta. Click here to compare Greta with related baby names.