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 de Parry (born 1983), American born, contemporary furniture maker
• Greta Garbo (1905-1990), Swedish-born 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
• Greta Kooy Swedish/South African socialite

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 (Chuck), one of several characters on Chuck
• Gretta Adler, character from "Me and Orson Welles"
• Greta Ohlsson, character from "Murder on the Orient Express"
• Greta, grandmother of Bee in "Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2"
• Greta, character in "Better Off Ted"
• Greta, penguin in "Mr. Popper's Penguins"
• Greta McCraw, a character on Picnic at Hanging Rock

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 (band), hard rock band
• According to Greta, an independent film starring Hilary Duff
• River Greta (disambiguation), one of three UK rivers
• Hurricane Greta (disambiguation), name of several Atlantic storms
• Georgia Regional Transportation Authority, commonly GRTA, pronounced exactly as "Greta"