Details for the forename Grete

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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.