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