Greta

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Female Female Name

Usage

Old Swedish Old Swedish
Sweden Swedish
Norway Norwegian
Denmark Danish
Faroe Islands Faroese
Finland Finnish

Origin and Meaning

German short form of Margreta [1] [2] [3]

Related Names

     
Gret ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Swedish
Greta ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Faroese Finnish Norwegian Old Swedish Swedish
Gréta ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Icelandic
Gretchen ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Grete ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Gretel ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Greth ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Swedish
Gretha ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Faroese Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Grethe ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Norwegian Swedish
Grethel ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian Swedish
Gretta ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Swedish

Combinations

For combinations see GRET (name element)

Name Days

Norway Norway

13 March

Finland (Swedish Language)Finland (Swedish Language) Finland (Swedish Language)

20 July

Sweden Sweden

20 July

Grammar

Faroe Islands - Faroese
Nominative: Greta
Accusative: Gretu
Dative: Gretu
Genitive: Gretu

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1309 [2]

Namesakes

Greta Garbo (born Greta Lovisa Gustafsson), Swedish actress (1905-1990)

Statistics

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Sweden Sweden[4] Statimg f5.pngStatimg m0.png 6247 12802 0 0
Norway Norway[5] Statimg f4.pngStatimg m0.png 1034 1815 0 0
Denmark Denmark[6] Statimg f3.pngStatimg m0.png 461 n.a. 0 n.a
Finland Finland[7] Statimg f4.pngStatimg m0.png n.a. 3830 0 0
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent statistics trend[4][6][5][7]:Name statistics for Greta(f)


Norwegian historic statistics trend[5]:

Norwegian historic statistics for Greta(f)


Sources: [4] [6] [5] [7]

References

  1. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
  2. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  3. ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  4. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  5. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  6. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  7. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
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