Greta (given name)
The name Greta is derived from the name Margareta, which comes from the Greek word margarites or "pearl."
Notable people with the name include:
- Greta Almroth, Swedish actress
- Greta Andersen, Danish swimmer
- Gréta Arn, Hungarian tennis player
- Greta Svabo Bech, Faroese singer
- Greta Bösel, German Nazi concentration camp guard executed for war crimes
- Greta Chi, Danish actress
- Greta Christina, American atheist author and activist
- Greta Cicolari, Italian beach volleyball player
- Greta Duréel, Swedish fraud
- Greta Espinoza, Mexican footballer
- Greta Garbo, Swedish-American actress
- Greta Gerwig, American actress and filmmaker
- Greta Grönholm, Finnish canoeist
- Greta Gynt, Norwegian singer, dancer and actress
- Greta Hällfors-Sipilä, Finnish painter
- Greta Hodgkinson, American-Canadian ballet dancer
- Greta Johansson, Swedish diver and swimmer
- Greta Johnson, American lawyer and politician
- Greta Kempton, American painter
- Gréta Kerekes, Hungarian hurdler
- Greta Kline,, American musician
- Greta Knutson, Swedish artist, poet and critic
- Greta M. Ljung, Finnish-American statistician
- Greta Magnusson-Grossman, Swedish designer and architect
- Greta Mikalauskytė, Lithuanian beauty pageant contestant
- Greta Molander, Swedish-Norwegian rally driver and writer
- Greta Morkytė, Lithuanian figure skater
- Greta N. Morris, American diplomat
- Greta Naterberg, Swedish folk singer
- Greta Neimanas, American Paralympic cyclist
- Greta Nissen, Norwegian-American actress
- Greta Podleski, Canadian chef, author and television host
- Greta De Reyghere, Belgian soprano
- Greta Richioud, French cyclist
- Greta Scacchi, Italian-Australian actress
- Greta Schröder, German actress
- Greta Salpeter, American singer
- Greta Salóme Stefánsdóttir, Icelandic singer and violinist
- Greta Mjöll Samúelsdóttir, Icelandic singer and footballer
- Greta Schiller, American film director
- Greta Small, Australian alpine skier
- Greta Stevenson, New Zealand botanist and mycologist
- Gréta Szakmáry, Hungarian volleyball player
- Greta Thunberg, school-age climate activist from Sweden
- Greta Thyssen, Danish-American actress
- Greta Vaillant, French actress
- Greta Van Susteren, American television journalist
- Greta Wrage von Pustau, German dancer
Fictional characters
- Greta von Amberg, character on the soap opera Days of Our Lives
- Greta McClure, character on Family Matters portrayed by Tammy Townsend
- Greta Gibson, character in portrayed by Erika Anderson
- Greta, character from Liar Liar portrayed by Anne Haney
- Greta Catchlove witch from the Harry Potter series, also known as Gerda Curd
- Greta, character from The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 portrayed by Blythe Danner
- Greta Wolfcastle, the daughter of Rainier Wolfcastle from The Simpsons voiced by Reese Witherspoon
- Greta, one of several characters on Chuck
- Greta Ohlsson, character from Murder on the Orient Express
- Greta Matthews, character from short-lived CW cult show Hidden Palms
- Dr. Greta Guttman, character on Mad Men
- Greta O'Donnell, main character from the movie According to Greta played by Hilary Duff
- Greta, character on Lost portrayed by Lana Parrilla
- Greta Martin, character on The Vampire Diaries, portrayed by Lisa Tucker
- Greta, hair salon assistant at Christian Grey's choice salon in Fifty Shades Darker
- Greta Hayes, Secret in DC Comics
- Great Aunt Greta, from Horrid Henry
- Greta James, a struggling musician played by Keira Knightley in Begin Again
- Greta Grimly from TV's Fargo, portrayed by Joey King
