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What does Greta mean?
Greta 
▲ as a girls' name is pronounced GREH-tah. It is of German and Greek origin, and the meaning of Greta is "pearl". Short form of Margaret. Made famous by actress Greta Garbo. Marathon runner Greta Waitz.
ASSOCIATED WITH greek
Variations
VARIANTS Greeta, Gretal, Gretchen▼, Grete, Gretel, Gretha, Grethe, Grethel, Gretna, Gretta, Grette, Grietje, Gryta
RELATED FORMS VIA MARGARET Gretl, Marketa, Meta▼, Meyta, Rita▼
CREATIVE FORMS(female) Grede, ..
(male) Greva, ..
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Greta Galilea (G.G.), ..
How popular is Greta?
Greta is a very prominent first name for women (#728 out of 4276, Top 17%) but an uncommon surname for both adults and children. (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Greta reached its apex rank of #383 in the U.S. in the 1930s, and is at #587 currently. (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)
Which version is better?
Gretchen, Gretta, Margaret (#127 FROM RECENT DATA), Meta and Rita (#1251) are the prominent related forms of Greta (#587) listed in the Top 2000. Other variants, like Meyta, are seldom used. These relations of Greta were at the peak of their popularity in the 1910s (USAGE OF 2.7%) and are now significantly less widespread (USAGE 0.2%, 93% LESS), with versions such as Rita becoming less in vogue. Greta is the most trendy name for newborns in this list.
Similar Names
Greta▲ is alike in pronunciation to Grata. Other recommended sound-alike names are Aleta, Aneta, Areta, Aretta, Arleta, Beta, Bretta, Brieta, Brita, Cleta, Gaea, Geela, Geena, Geeta, Gena▼, Gerta, Ghita, Gita, Gitta, Gratia, Greer, Grenata, Gusta, Irita, Iveta, Leeta, Leta▼, Loreta, Neta, Oleta▼, Oreta, Oretta, Peta, Queta, Reeta, Reta▼, Rheta, Rieta, Teeta, Theta, Veeta, Veta, Zeeta and Zeta. These names tend to be less frequently used than Greta.
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