| Group info: About Margarete, the group of names with the same origin as Gretchen | | 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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| Popularity: Popularity lists that contain the name Gretchen | | Series | Graph | Rankings |
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| USA decades | Graph | 1990-1999 580, 1980-1989 414 |
| USA yearly | Graph | 2009 994, 2008 952, 2007 881, 2006 777, 2005 762, 2004 886, 2003 781, 2002 813, 2001 766, 2000 743, 1999 744, 1998 746, 1997 752, 1996 721, 1995 722, 1994 738, 1993 684 |
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