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Name Gréta

Meaning:the pearlTools:

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About the name Gréta in particular

Gender:female
Languages of use:Hungarian
Is short form of:Margareta
US 2021 rank:not in the Top 1000; other popularity lists see below
Similarly written:Greta, Areta, Gresa, Grete, Reta, Reta, Agneta, Aneta, Aretha, Arjeta     Details
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About Margarete, the group of names with the same origin as Gréta

Meaning/translation:the pearl
Language of origin:Old Greek
Info about origin:known in the Middle Ages as the name of Saint Margaret of Antioch (3th/4th century AD)
 the greek word margarites might come from a Persian word with the meaning child of light (from a belief that a pearl is a drop of dew transformed by moonlight)
Words:margarites = the pearl  Old Greek
Topics:14 Holy Helpers
Variants' top ranks:1:Margaret England+Wales 1944,  3:Megan England+Wales 1998,  4:Rita Croatia 2021,  4:Marit Norway 2015,  4:Malgorzata Poland 2012,  5:Margareta Sweden 2014,  5:Margarita Mexico 2008,  7:Greta Italy 2014,  7:Margrethe Greenland 2011,  8:Margit Hungary 2014
Name variants:Greta, Gréta, Gretchen, Grete, Gretel, Grethe, Grit, Gritli, Gritt, Gritta, Maarit, Maegan, Maggie, Maggy, Magret, Mairead, Maisie, Maisy, Malgorzata, Marga, Margaret, Margareta, Margarete, Margaretha, Margarethe, Margarida, Margarita, Margaritha, Margaux, Marge, Margery, Margherita, Margie, Margit, Margitta, Margo, Margot, Margret, Margrét, Margrete, Margreth, Margrethe, Margrit, Margrith, Margritha, Margrjet, Marguerite, Marit, Marjorie, Markéta, Märta, Meagan, Meaghan, Meg, Megan, Megane, Meggy, Meghan, Merete, Meta, Peggy, Reta, Rita   Sortable list   Details
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HungaryGraph2022 19,  2021 19,  2020 21,  2019 20,  2018 15,  2017 132016 17,  2015 22,  2014 22,  2013 25,  2012 23,  2011 22,  2010 19,  2009 22,  2008 22,  2007 19,  2006 23,  2005 22,  2004 27,  2003 25,  2002 32