as a First Name
Short form of Margareta, a Latinate form of Margaret. As an independent given name it became fairly popular in the English-speaking world as a result of the fame of the Swedish-born film actress Greta Garbo (1905–92, born Greta Louisa Gustafsson).
| 1,317th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 20,762
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- West Virginia
- has the most people named Greta per capita
- 1932
- marked the height of its popularity
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