Greta

Where Greta comes from

From German and Swedish Greta, a contraction of Margareta.
— Wiktionary's entry for Greta
  • Ancient Greek
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1885
    First appearance
    #921 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1905
    Greta Garbo born
    Swedish-American actress
  3. 1932
    Peak, #317
    400 babies named Greta — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1939
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #526.
  5. 2003
    Greta Thunberg born
    Swedish climate protection activist
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Namesakes
  • Greta Thunberg · Swedish climate protection activist, born 2003
  • Greta Garbo · Swedish-American actress, 1905–1990
  • Greta Gerwig · American actress and filmmaker, born 1983
  • Greta Scacchi · Italian-Australian actress, born 1960
  • Greta Lee · American actress, born 1983

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.