Meaning of name Gretchen

The name Gretchen has the following meaning:

It is a female name, suitable for baby girls.

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.

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

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

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

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

We think the name Gretchen 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 Gretchen to be: Smart, hardworking and determined

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

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