This time in First Names First we will concentrate on the names Greta, Grete and Grethe. An old name that appears a lot in the news these days due to the environmental activist Greta Thunberg.

Greta Hällfors-Sipilä* (b Hällfors) painter – Helsinki, GD of Finland (1899)

Greta Kuckhoff* (b Lorke) German resistance fighter – Frankfurt an der Oder, German Empire (1902)
Greta Garbo* actress – Stockholm, Sweden (1905)
Grethe Meyer* architect/designer - Svendborg, Denmark (1918)
Grethe Bartram* informant during WW2 - Aarhus, Denmark (1924)
Greta Andersen* swimmer (OG) – Copenhagen, Denmark (1927)

Grete Waitz* marathon runner – Oslo, Norway (1953)
Greta Scacchi* actress – Milan, Italy (1960)
Greta Lee* actress – Los Angeles, CA USA (1983)
Greta Gerwig* actress/ screenwriter/director – Sacramento, CA USA (1983)

Greta Thunberg* environmental activist – Stockholm, Sweden (2003)

Updated 18.2.2023