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Grete (F)>

Grete (female)

Variants:Greta (F) Grit (F) Gritt (F) Gritta (F)
Diminutive(s):Gretel (F) Gretl (F)
Pet Name for:Margarathe (F) Margaret (F) Margarete (F) Margarethe (F)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes:

German and Danish pet name for Margarathe/Margarete/Margarethe, variants of Margaret [q.v.], from Greek or Persian "pearl". Occasionally a given name in its own right.