Gretel

Gretel is a German shortening of the given name Margarete.

Notable people with this given name include:


 * Gretel, a fictional character in the Brothers Grimm fairy tale Hansel and Gretel
 * Gretel Beer (1921–2010), Austrian-born English author of cooking books and travel reports and newspaper cookery writer
 * Gretel Bergmann (1914–2017), German Jewish high jumper who was prevented from competing in the 1936 Berlin Olympics
 * Gretel Ehrlich (born 1946), American travel writer, poet, and essayist
 * Gretel Grant-Gomez, a fictional character from the Disney Channel animated series Hamster & Gretel
 * Gretel Killeen (born 1963), Australian presenter
 * Gretel Oberhollenzer-Rogger (born 1958), Italian ski mountaineer
 * Gretel Scarlett (born 1987), Australian actress
 * Gretel Tippett (born 1993), Australian netball player and former WNBL basketball player