Overview
people
Sample Size
9,823
Gender Distribution
Male:
0.8%
Female:
99.2%
Origin and Meaning
Origin
Swedish
Meaning
Greta is a diminutive of the name Margareta or Margaret which means 'pearl' or 'child of light' in Greek. The name was popularized by the 18th-century German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in his novel 'The Sorrows of Young Werther', which features a character named Gretchen.
Geographic Distribution
This name appears in the following countries, sorted by popularity:
US
5,493 samples
100%
IT
2,269 samples
99%
LT
365 samples
98%
BE
215 samples
98%
GB
155 samples
99%
DE
136 samples
97%
ES
130 samples
95%
SE
112 samples
100%
PL
100 samples
98%
NL
89 samples
100%
FR
59 samples
97%
AL
55 samples
98%
BG
39 samples
100%
MX
32 samples
100%
HU
28 samples
96%
NO
26 samples
100%
SK
25 samples
96%
AU
23 samples
96%
CA
21 samples
100%
CH
21 samples
100%
+ 28 more countries
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