Grete

Grete
GenderFemale
Origin
Meaningpearl
Other names
Alternative spelling
Grethe
DerivedMargarethe
Related namesGreta, Gretchen

Grete or Grethe is a feminine given name, a derivate of Margaret. It is most often used in Scandinavia (not including Sweden), Estonia, and German-speaking Europe.

People

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First name

Grete Wurm (8 June 1919 Wiesbaden - 28 March 2002 in Stuttgart; legal name: Margarethe Bauer-Wurm) was a German actress

  • Grete Zimmer, birth name of Greta Zimmer Friedman (1924–2016), Austrian-born American nurse kissed by a sailor celebrating the end of World War II in an iconic photograph

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Fictional characters

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