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 (1888–1981), Swedish actress
• Greta Andersen (1927–2023), Danish swimmer
• Gréta Arn (born 1979), Hungarian tennis player
• Greta Svabo Bech (born 1987), Faroese singer
• Greta Bösel (1908–1947), German Nazi concentration camp guard and nurse executed for war crimes
• Greta Chi, Danish actress
• Greta Christina (born 1961), American atheist author and activist
• Greta Cicolari (born 1981), Italian beach volleyball player
• Greta Duréel (died 1696), Swedish fraud
• Greta Espinoza (born 1995), Mexican footballer
• Greta Garbo (1905–1990), Swedish-American actress
• Greta Gerwig (born 1983), American actress and filmmaker
• Greta Grönholm (1923–2015), Finnish canoeist
• Greta Gynt (1916–2000), Norwegian singer, dancer and actress
• Greta Hällfors-Sipilä (1899–1974), Finnish painter
• Greta Hodgkinson (born 1973), American-Canadian ballet dancer
• Grethe Hjort (1903–1967), Danish writer and professor of Danish and English literature
• Greta Johansson (1895–1978), Swedish diver and swimmer
• Greta Johnson (born 1977), American lawyer and politician
• Greta Kempton (1901–1991), American painter
• Gréta Kerekes (born 1992), Hungarian hurdler
• Greta Kline, (born 1994), American musician
• Greta Knutson (1899–1983), Swedish artist, poet and critic
• Greta Lee (born 1983), American actress
• Greta M. Ljung (born 1941), Finnish-American statistician
• Greta Magnusson-Grossman (1906–1999), Swedish designer and architect
• Greta Mikalauskytė, Lithuanian beauty pageant contestant
• Greta Molander (1908–2002), Swedish-Norwegian rally driver and writer
• Greta Morkytė (born 1999), Lithuanian figure skater
• Greta N. Morris (born 1947), American diplomat
• Greta Naterberg (1772–1818), Swedish folk singer
• Greta Neimanas (born 1988), American Paralympic cyclist
• Greta Nissen (1906–1988), Norwegian-American actress
• Greta Podleski, Canadian chef, author and television host
• Greta De Reyghere, Belgian soprano
• Greta Richioud (born 1996), French cyclist
• Greta Scacchi (born 1960), Italian-Australian actress
• Greta Schröder (1891–1967), German actress
• Greta Salpeter (born 1988), American singer
• Greta Skogster (1900–1994), Finnish textile artist
• Greta Salóme Stefánsdóttir (born 1986), Icelandic singer and violinist
• Greta Mjöll Samúelsdóttir (born 1987), Icelandic singer and footballer
• Greta Schiller (born 1954), American film director
• Greta Small (born 1995), Australian alpine skier
• Greta Stevenson (1911–1990), New Zealand botanist and mycologist
• Gréta Szakmáry (born 1991), Hungarian volleyball player
• Greta Thunberg (born 2003), climate change activist from Sweden
• Greta Thyssen (1927–2018), Danish-American actress
• Greta Vaillant (1942–2000), French actress
• Greta Van Susteren (born 1954), American television journalist
• Greta Wrage von Pustau (1902–1989), German dancer

Fictional characters

• Greta, character from Liar Liar portrayed by Anne Haney
• Greta, character on Lost portrayed by Lana Parrilla
• Greta (Chuck), one of several characters on Chuck
• Greta, character from The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 portrayed by Blythe Danner
• Greta, hair salon assistant at Christian Grey's choice salon in Fifty Shades Darker
• Greta von Amberg, character on the soap opera Days of Our Lives
• Greta, a female Gremlin from the 1990 horror comedy movie Gremlins 2: The New Batch
• Greta Catchlove, witch from the Harry Potter series, also known as Gerda Curd
• Greta Gibson, character in A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child portrayed by Erika Anderson
• Greta Grimly from TV's Fargo, portrayed by Joey King
• Dr. Greta Guttman, character on Mad Men
• Greta Hayes, Secret (Greta Hayes) in DC Comics
• Greta James, a struggling musician played by Keira Knightley in Begin Again
• Dr. Greta Mantleray, famous therapist and mother to another character in Maniac (miniseries)
• Greta Martin, character on The Vampire Diaries, portrayed by Lisa Tucker
• Greta Matthews, character from short-lived CW cult show Hidden Palms
• Greta McClure, character on Family Matters portrayed by Tammy Townsend
• Greta O'Donnell, main character from the movie According to Greta played by Hilary Duff
• Greta Ohlsson, character from Murder on the Orient Express
• Greta Wolfcastle, the daughter of Rainier Wolfcastle from The Simpsons voiced by Reese Witherspoon
• Greta, the main character in Projection: First Light