Greta

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ORIGIN AND HISTORY

Greta is a German girl name. The name Greta is mainly used in Swedish and German. Greta means "pearl" in German, Greek and Swedish. It may be considered a version of the name Margaret.^[1]

POPULARITY

The name Greta has made an appearance on the top 1000 most popular names since 1885. It did drop off of the chart, however, between the years 1983 and 1998. In 2006 it ranked at number 680. Its highest popularity was in 1932, when it ranked at number 318. ^[1]

Popularity of the name Greta in other countries:^[1]

• 126th - as a girl's name in Sweden (2006)
• 415th - as a girl's name in Catalonia (2003)
• 679th - as a girl's name in Australia (2003)
• 2002nd - as a girl's name in Belgium (2005)

Greta was a popular name in Poland during the 14th century. ^[1]

FACTS

• Greta Garbo was born Greta Louis Gustafsson in Sweden. She grew up in on of Stockholm's poorest districts. Greta worked as a salesgirl for a department store that used her in a publicity film. That led to another short film roll in "Peter the Tramp." In 1923, Mauritz Stiller cast her in "The Atonment of Gosta Berling" which made her a minor star. Stiller became her mentor and lover. They went to Hollywood in 1924. Stiller returned to Sweden while Greta stayed on to become a superstar.^[1]
• Greta Van Susteren is a lawyer and host of Fox News Channel's "On the Record." With the funds from her contract with Fox, Greta got a face lift and blepharoplasty. Few people know that Greta is a practicing Scientologist.^[1]
• Greta Granstedt (actress) was roommate to the explorer Bessie Hyde. Bessie Hyde and her husband mysteriously vanished while on a trip in the Grand Canyon. ^[1]

NAMESAKES

Celebrated name days, also called Saint days: ^[1]

• In Poland, the name Greta is celebrated on January 12th.
• In Hungary, the name Greta is celebrated on June 10th.
• In Slovakia, the name Greta is celebrated on June 10th.
• In Estonia, the name Greta is celebrated on July 13th.
• In Sweden, the name Greta is celebrated on July 20th.

Songs with the name Greta:

• "Gotta Get Over Greta" (The Nields)

Fictional Characters Named Greta:^[1]

• Greta Shipley (Moonlight Becomes You, Mary Higgins Clark)
• Greta Bowie (Secret Window)
• Greta Mariangela (The Sweetest Thing)

FAMOUS PERSONS

• Greta Garbo (actress) , born September 18, 1905
• Greta Van Susteren (television legal analyst)
• Greta Allen (American Modernism artist)
• Greta Arn (tennis player)
• Greta Cavazzoni (model)
• Greta Graham (1951 Miss Tennessee)
• Greta Kempton (American Modernism artist)
• Greta Matassa (Jazz artist)
• Greta Scacchi (actress)
• Greta Anthony (Producer)
• Greta Schiller (Director)
• Gréta Olafsdóttir (Director)
• Greta Turken (actress)
• Greta Lind (actress)
• Greta Bommelje (actress)
• Greta Blackburn (actress)

Celebrity babies named Greta:^[1]

• Greta, child of David Caruso
• Greta, child of Kevin Kline

NOTES

Authors: JL Perry and Sarena Emily Levinson