# 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