Meaning 
The name Gretchen has the following meaning: Pearls. A classy name used by nobles in the past and continues to be widely used today.
It is a female name, suitable for baby girls.
Popularity 
As a baby girl name, Gretchen is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 773 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).
In 2009, the name Gretchen fell in popularity and moved down the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 46 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 996 in the Top 1000 charts.
The following chart shows the popularity of the name Gretchen in the USA, over the past 100 years.
Origins  Related names  The following names are baby names related to Gretchen and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Gretchen: Boys - Ambrose, Basil, Cyril, Girls - Agatha, Charis, Charissa, Cleta, Daphne, Eulalia, Exie, Lexus, Mallie, Melanie, Melina, Melody, Narella, Niobe, Salina, Both genders - Barbara, Lois
Variants 
The name Gretchen 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
Style 
We think the name Gretchen should fall under the following style category: Everlasting. See other Everlasting girl names
Impression 
Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Gretchen to be: Smart, hardworking and determinedIn one word, you might describe Gretchen as a(n) " smart" person. See other "smart" names for girls.
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