Meanings
Greta1
- A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Herb and Greta poured through “name” books and the only name they could agree on was “Rosalie.” Greta told Herb that she didn't want her daughter's name to end in a “lie,” and so they named her Rosalee.
2015, Janice Dickson, Herbert Peppard: The Eternal Man, FriesenPress, →ISBN
Greta2
- A river in Cumbria, England, which joins the Derwent at Keswick.
After we have crossed the Glenderamackin stream, which drains the northern slopes of Saddleback, and the latter has united with the St. John's Beck to form the Greta, however, we see ahead the miniature canyon the Greta has hollowed out for itself, and into the depth of which the train now descends.
1961 October, 'Voyageur', “The Cockermouth, Keswick & Penrith Railway”, in Trains Illustrated, page 601 - A river in County Durham, England, which joins the Tees, and which was originally in the North Riding of Yorkshire.
- A river in North Yorkshire and Lancashire, England, which joins the Lune.
- A minor river in north Canterbury, New Zealand, which flows into the Hurunui River, and named after one of the North Yorkshire rivers.
- Two places in Australia thought to be named after the Cumbrian river:
- A small town in the Hunter Region of New South Wales.
- A locality in the Rural City of Wangaratta, Victoria.
Origin
Greta · proper noun
- SwedishGreta
- EnglishGreta
From German and Swedish Greta, a contraction of Margareta.
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- Old Norsegrjót
- EnglishGreta
From Old Norse grjót + a.
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Cite this entry
Greta. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Greta
“Greta.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Greta. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Greta,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Greta.
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