Grete
Greta is a female first name.
Origin and Meaning
The name is particularly common in German and in Danish and Norwegian speaking countries. The name is a short form or variant of the first name Margaret; on the origin and meaning of the name see here.
Variants
- Grethe
- Greta
- Gret
Name winners
First name
- Grete Alt- Lantschner (1906-1989), Austrian alpine skier
- Grete Baldauf Würkert (1878-1962), German writer home
- Grete Beier (1885-1908), German murderess
- Grete Berger (1883-1930), Austrian actress
- Grete Bittner (1905-1973), Austrian actress
- Greta Boesel (1908-1947), German supervisor at Ravensbrück concentration camp
- Grete Csaki - Copony (1893-1990), German painter, illustrator and poet
- Grete Diercks (1890-1978), German actress
- Grete Dierkes (1882-1957), Austrian actress
- Grete Digruber (1945-2010), Austrian alpine skier
- Grete Faremo ( born 1955 ), Norwegian defense minister
- Grete River (1892-1964), Cologne singer, humorist, actress
- Grete Groh Kummerlöw (1909-1980), German trade unionist, member of the Presidium of the People's Chamber
- Grete Gulbransson (1882-1934), Austrian writer and poet home
- Grete Havnesköld ( born 1986 ), Swedish actress
- Grete Heger (1916-2007), Austrian actress
- Grete Herber (1910-2005), German table tennis player
- Grete Hermann (1901-1984), German physicist and philosopher
- Grete Heublein (1908-1997), German track and field athlete and Olympian
- Grete Hoell (1909-1986), communist resistance fighter in Hanover
- Grete Keilson (1905-1999), German politician (KPD, SED)
- Grete Kirkeberg (born 1964 ), Norwegian long-distance runner
- Grete Kletke (1892-1987), German politician (FDP)
- Grete Laska (* 1951), Austrian politician ( SPÖ)
- Grete Leutz (* 1930), German psychotherapist
- Greta Lundt (1892-1926), Austrian actress
- Grete Ly ( amended 1921 ), German actress and film producer
- Grete Meisel - Hess (1879-1922), Austrian writer
- Grete Merrem Nikisch (1887-1970), German soprano
- Grete Mildeberg (1902-1938), German worker and politician (KPD )
- Grete Mogensen ( b. 1963 ), Danish badminton player
- Grete Mosheim (1905-1986), German actress
- Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo ( b. 1961 ), Norwegian biathlete and cross-country skier
- Grete Popper (1897-1976), German -Czech photographer
- Grete Rader- Soulek (1920-1997), Austrian textile artist, painter and designer
- Grete Rehor (1910-1987), Austrian politician (ÖVP )
- Grete Reiner (1892-1944), German translator and editor
- Grete Reinwald (1902-1983), German actress
- Grete Ring (1887-1952), German art historian and gallery owner
- Grete Rosenberg (1896-1979), German swimmer
- Grete Salus (1910-1996), Holocaust survivor and eyewitness
- Grete Scheuer (1900-1988), Austrian writer
- Grete Schickedanz (1911-1994), German entrepreneur
- Grete Schmedeswurth (1889-1985), German graphic artist and illustrator
- Grete Schurz (* 1934), Austrian women's rights activist, first woman officer of Austria
- Grete Sehlmeyer (1891-1967), German politician ( FDP Liberal Federation )
- Grete Stern (1904-1999), German - Argentine photographer
- Grete Sultan (1906-2005), German - American pianist
- Grete Teege (1893-1959), Hessian politician (SPD )
- Grete Thiele (1913-1993), German politician (KPD, DKP), Member of Parliament
- Grete impurity (1872-1945), politician Jena
- Grete von Urbanitzky (1891-1974), Austrian writer, translator and journalist
- Grete Bird (1891-1970), German workers functionary and Bremen politician
- Grete Waitz (1953-2011), Norwegian long-distance runner and first marathon World Champion
- Grete Walter (1913-1935), German resistance fighter against National Socialism
- Grete Wehmeyer (1924-2011), German pianist and musicologist
- Grete Weil (1906-1999), German writer
- Grete Weiskopf (1905-1966), Austrian children's book author
- Grete Wiesenthal (1885-1970), Austrian dancer, choreographer and dance teacher
- Grete Wurm (1919-2002), German actress
- Grete Yppen (1917-2008), Austrian painter
- Grete von Zieritz (1899-2001), Austrian pianist and composer
- Grete Room (1922-2003), Austrian actress
Between Name
- Liv Grete Poirée ( b. 1974 ), Norwegian biathlete
Double Name
- Anne- Grete Strøm - Erichsen ( born 1949 ), Norwegian social democratic politician