Greta Forename
10,433rd
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 97,486 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Armenia
Greta Forename Definition:
A female name. a German abbreviation of Margaret (q.v.), sometimes also used in England in recent times. A solitary early example occurs in Assize Roll of 1218.
Greta Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 25,670 | 1:14,123 | 1,335 |
| Belgium | 100% | 11,189 | 1:1,027 | 251 |
| England | 100% | 5,807 | 1:9,575 | 770 |
| Armenia | 100% | 5,127 | 1:569 | 123 |
| Sweden | 100% | 4,622 | 1:2,133 | 329 |
| Italy | 100% | 2,854 | 1:21,395 | 895 |
| Germany | 100% | 2,627 | 1:36,802 | 1,247 |
| Canada | 100% | 2,539 | 1:13,050 | 1,393 |
| Norway | 100% | 2,192 | 1:2,341 | 405 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 2,116 | 1:3,304 | 497 |
| Spain | 100% | 1,952 | 1:23,837 | 1,322 |
| Albania | 100% | 1,750 | 1:1,741 | 369 |
| Poland | 100% | 1,649 | 1:23,061 | 781 |
| Philippines | 99% | 1,611 | 1:65,804 | 4,297 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 1,605 | 1:10,531 | 1,258 |
| Romania | 100% | 1,604 | 1:12,501 | 995 |
| Ecuador | - | 1,404 | 1:12,626 | 927 |
| Lithuania | 100% | 1,391 | 1:2,122 | 323 |
| Mexico | 99% | 1,331 | 1:93,272 | 2,482 |
| Peru | 100% | 1,323 | 1:24,030 | 1,780 |
| India | 100% | 1,203 | 1:1,009,874 | 65,898 |
| Russia | 100% | 1,045 | 1:138,023 | 2,364 |
| South Africa | 100% | 910 | 1:59,926 | 5,815 |
| Finland | 100% | 809 | 1:6,778 | 673 |
| Denmark | - | 621 | 1:9,097 | 796 |
| DR Congo | 94% | 568 | 1:129,978 | 6,463 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 539 | 1:97,938 | 5,519 |
| Jamaica | - | 508 | 1:5,676 | 851 |
| Argentina | 100% | 469 | 1:91,201 | 1,795 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 460 | 1:5,345 | 647 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 429 | 1:48,483 | 5,248 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 415 | 1:72,776 | 3,706 |
| New Zealand | - | 393 | 1:11,542 | 1,154 |
| Brazil | 100% | 382 | 1:560,828 | 17,694 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 379 | 1:40,696 | 3,747 |
| Australia | - | 378 | 1:36,131 | 1,973 |
| Thailand | 98% | 366 | 1:191,437 | 12,855 |
| Gabon | - | 361 | 1:5,217 | 1,029 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 350 | 1:737,039 | 49,835 |
| Georgia | 99% | 314 | 1:11,906 | 1,024 |
| Scotland | 100% | 294 | 1:18,199 | 931 |
| Croatia | 100% | 292 | 1:14,442 | 935 |
| Greece | 100% | 290 | 1:37,705 | 1,470 |
| Czechia | 93% | 282 | 1:37,788 | 753 |
| Moldova | 100% | 280 | 1:12,718 | 519 |
| Austria | 100% | 235 | 1:36,231 | 1,254 |
| Chile | 100% | 234 | 1:75,244 | 2,186 |
| France | 100% | 217 | 1:306,315 | 4,149 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 212 | 1:38,743 | 1,938 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 201 | 1:775 | 239 |
| Panama | 100% | 195 | 1:20,034 | 1,990 |
| Ireland | 98% | 173 | 1:26,841 | 1,155 |
| Wales | 100% | 156 | 1:19,835 | 1,114 |
| Estonia | 100% | 148 | 1:8,888 | 1,060 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 138 | 1:9,865 | 1,466 |
| Barbados | - | 134 | 1:2,163 | 471 |
| Cuba | - | 129 | 1:89,198 | 1,945 |
| Malta | - | 114 | 1:3,766 | 577 |
| Serbia | 100% | 108 | 1:66,164 | 2,293 |
| Colombia | - | 106 | 1:450,745 | 7,320 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 102 | 1:59,003 | 2,642 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 93 | 1:112,164 | 5,632 |
| Kosovo | - | 93 | 1:20,015 | 2,274 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 90 | 1:90,581 | 8,400 |
| Aruba | - | 88 | 1:1,179 | 242 |
| Egypt | - | 87 | 1:1,056,333 | 18,582 |
| China | - | 79 | 1:17,291,845 | 60,171 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 78 | 1:394,698 | 7,244 |
| Hungary | 100% | 74 | 1:132,321 | 837 |
| Guyana | 100% | 71 | 1:10,750 | 1,607 |
| Paraguay | 94% | 68 | 1:106,424 | 2,579 |
| Belize | 100% | 67 | 1:5,288 | 1,052 |
| Bahamas | - | 66 | 1:6,051 | 844 |
| Belarus | 100% | 65 | 1:145,883 | 1,391 |
| Iceland | 100% | 64 | 1:5,719 | 652 |
| Kuwait | - | 57 | 1:66,408 | 5,422 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 50 | 1:106,201 | 1,010 |
| French Polynesia | - | 49 | 1:5,671 | 903 |
| Latvia | 98% | 43 | 1:46,875 | 1,359 |
| Honduras | 100% | 42 | 1:209,940 | 4,791 |
| Malaysia | 97% | 40 | 1:761,248 | 29,188 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 38 | 1:125,472 | 3,625 |
| Portugal | - | 37 | 1:281,375 | 5,179 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 35 | 1:5,080 | 846 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 34 | 1:210,353 | 13,097 |
| Seychelles | - | 32 | 1:2,896 | 621 |
| Grenada | 100% | 30 | 1:3,604 | 642 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 30 | 1:591,562 | 8,075 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 29 | 1:118,194 | 2,814 |
| Zambia | - | 29 | 1:546,717 | 12,091 |
| Qatar | 100% | 28 | 1:84,629 | 9,711 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 27 | 1:4,133 | 749 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 25 | 1:4,390 | 749 |
| Nigeria | 95% | 24 | 1:7,398,515 | 98,458 |
| Hong Kong | - | 22 | 1:352,397 | 3,870 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 20 | 1:3,065 | 627 |
| Bermuda | - | 17 | 1:3,813 | 661 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 16 | 1:662,588 | 3,007 |
| Botswana | - | 16 | 1:136,528 | 10,720 |
| Namibia | - | 16 | 1:150,261 | 4,873 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 15 | 1:37,603 | 1,694 |
| Turkey | 100% | 15 | 1:5,186,781 | 23,029 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 14 | 1:251,747 | 3,850 |
| El Salvador | - | 14 | 1:452,985 | 4,295 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 14 | 1:1,697,834 | 48,176 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 13 | 1:4,220 | 766 |
| Singapore | 100% | 13 | 1:483,620 | 11,161 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 12 | 1:8,283 | 1,404 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 11 | 1:52,814 | 3,146 |
| Guam | - | 10 | 1:16,065 | 1,791 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 10 | 1:597,328 | 17,002 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 9 | 1:27,047 | 1,264 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 9 | 1:1,789,825 | 5,607 |
| Liberia | 100% | 8 | 1:551,508 | 14,444 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 7 | 1:263,307 | 1,965 |
| Azerbaijan | 75% | 6 | 1:1,607,157 | 18,833 |
| Benin | 100% | 6 | 1:1,762,640 | 36,264 |
| Haiti | - | 6 | 1:1,787,826 | 19,076 |
| Japan | - | 6 | 1:21,331,010 | 46,700 |
| Mauritius | - | 6 | 1:216,297 | 4,288 |
| Monaco | 100% | 6 | 1:6,411 | 917 |
| Nepal | 100% | 6 | 1:4,747,892 | 50,788 |
| Congo | 100% | 5 | 1:1,001,841 | 16,039 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 5 | 1:9,825 | 1,060 |
| Jersey | - | 5 | 1:19,996 | 1,220 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 4 | 1:8,155,879 | 35,337 |
| Angola | - | 4 | 1:6,741,652 | 4,704 |
| Ghana | - | 4 | 1:6,746,554 | 8,075 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 4 | 1:522,689 | 9,487 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 4 | 1:887,575 | 4,962 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 4 | 1:1,368,218 | 2,487 |
| Uganda | 100% | 4 | 1:10,239,230 | 65,177 |
| Cambodia | - | 3 | 1:5,424,443 | 41,412 |
| Cameroon | 50% | 3 | 1:7,203,501 | 73,722 |
| Israel | 100% | 3 | 1:2,800,973 | 24,529 |
| Kenya | - | 3 | 1:15,435,703 | 51,312 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 3 | 1:17,077 | 2,297 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 3 | 1:1,943 | 243 |
| Transnistria | 100% | 3 | 1:158,546 | 1,411 |
| Iran | - | 2 | 1:39,248,434 | 50,459 |
| Ivory Coast | 50% | 2 | 1:11,537,966 | 95,271 |
| Macau | - | 2 | 1:304,104 | 1,640 |
| Nauru | 100% | 2 | 1:5,964 | 459 |
| Ukraine | - | 2 | 1:22,749,954 | 22,291 |
| Anguilla | - | 1 | 1:13,255 | 1,687 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 1 | 1:18,379,469 | 100,219 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 1 | 1:3,142 | 392 |
| Guernsey | - | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Lebanon | - | 1 | 1:5,627,571 | 19,299 |
| Lesotho | - | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 1 | 1:37,856 | 1,091 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Mali | - | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Morocco | - | 1 | 1:34,348,636 | 18,260 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| New Caledonia | - | 1 | 1:270,164 | 3,221 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 1 | 1:194,357,680 | 303,535 |
| Saint Martin | - | 1 | 1:35,746 | 277 |
| Samoa | - | 1 | 1:195,190 | 1,348 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| South Korea | - | 1 | 1:5,544,421 | 37,250 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
| Vietnam | - | 1 | 1:92,623,113 | 10,484 |
The alternate forms: Gréta (2,971) & Grèta (4) are calculated separately.
Greta (898) may also be a surname.
Greta Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. a German abbreviation of Margaret (q.v.), sometimes also used in England in recent times. A solitary early example occurs in Assize Roll of 1218.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
Either an Anglicisation of Grete, a German contraction of Margaret, or, more probably, an adoption of the Swedish Greta, likewise a contraction: cf. the Old Norse Gretta. The fame of Greta Garbo, the magnificent Swedish film-actress, has recently made the name almost as popular in England as in America.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Greta Forename Popularity
Greta Demographics
Greta Religious Adherence
in Russia
Sample size: 60 (2016)
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Phonetically Similar Names
Greta Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Greta in the Russian language | ||
| Грета | greta | - |
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