Greta

The name Greta is derived from the name Margaret, which comes from the Greek word margarites or "pearl."

Greta may refer to:

People

• Gréta Arn (born 1979), professional tennis player
• Greta Bösel (1908–1947), executed Nazi concentration camp guard
• Greta Doucet, Canadian politician and currently the interim leader of the New Brunswick Green Party
• Greta Garbo (1905–1990), Swedish-born actress
• Greta Gerwig (1983–present), American actress
• Greta Johansson (1895–1978), Swedish Olympic diver and swimmer
• Greta Kempton (1901–1991), American artist
• Greta Knutson (1899–1983), Swedish artist, poet and critic
• Greta Scacchi (born 1960), Italian-born, Australian actor
• Greta Schröder (1891–1967), German actor
• Greta van Susteren, American news personality
• Greta Salpeter, American singer for The Hush Sound

Places

• Greta Bridge, village in County Durham, England
• Greta, New South Wales, town in Australia
  • Greta railway station
  • Greta Army Camp, former Australian Army camp near the town of Greta
• Greta, Victoria, town in Australia

Fictional characters

• Greta von Amberg, character on the soap opera Days of our Lives
• Greta Gibson, character in A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child portrayed by Erika Anderson
• Greta, character from Liar Liar portrayed by Anne Haney
• Greta Catchlove witch from the Harry Potter series, also known as Gerda Curd
• Greta, character from The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 portrayed by Blythe Danner
• Greta Wolfcastle, character from The Simpsons voiced by Reese Witherspoon
• Greta (Chuck), one of several characters on Chuck
• Greta Ohlsson, character from Murder on the Orient Express
• Greta Matthews, character from short-lived CW cult show Hidden Palms
• Dr. Greta Guttman, character on Mad Men
• Greta O'Donnell, main character from the movie According to Greta played by Hilary Duff
• Greta, character on LOST portrayed by Lana Parrilla
• Greta Martin, character on The Vampire Diaries, portrayed by Lisa Tucker

Natural history

• Greta (genus), butterfly genus
• Greta morgane, also called the "Thick-tipped Greta", is a day-active ithomiine butterfly
• Greta oto, brush-footed butterfly; its most common English name is glasswing

Other

• Greta Hayes, Secret (comics) in DC Comics
• Klaus and Greta 9th episode in the fourth season of 30 Rock
• Greta (band), hard rock band
• River Greta (disambiguation), one of three UK rivers
• Hurricane Greta (disambiguation), name of several Atlantic storms
• Georgia Regional Transportation Authority abbreviated GRTA and pronounced "Greta"