Meaning of name Greta

The name Greta has the following meaning:

It is a female name, suitable for baby girls.

As a baby girl name, Greta is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 725 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).

In 2009, the name Greta rose in popularity, moving up the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 2 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 692 in the Top 1000 charts.

The following chart shows the popularity of the name Greta in the USA, over the past 100 years.

The name Greta is very likely a(n) Swedish variant of the name Margaret. See other suggested Swedish girl baby names.

You might also like to see the other variants of the name Margaret.

The following names are baby names related to Greta and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Greta: Boys - Ambrose, Basil, Cyril, Girls - Agatha, Charis, Charissa, Cleta, Daphne, Eulalia, Exie, Lexus, Mallie, Melanie, Melina, Melody, Narella, Niobe, Salina, Both genders - Barbara, Lois

The name Greta is a variant of Margaret. Other popular variants of the name Margaret are: Greta (Swedish), Gretal, Gretchen (German), Grethel, Gretta, Madge (English), Mag, Maggie (English), Margarete (German), Margaretha (Dutch), Margarita (Spanish), Margarite, Marge (English), Margery (English), Margie (English), Margot (French), Marguerite (French), Meagan, Meg (English), Megan (Welsh), Meghan, Meta (Scandinavian), Mette, Meyta, Peg, Peggie, Peggy, Rita

We think the name Greta should fall under the following style category: Everlasting.

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Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Greta to be: Smart, hardworking and determined

In one word, you might describe Greta as a(n) "smart" person.

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