This article is about the given name. For various ships, see SS Grete.
Grete
Gender
Female
Origin
Meaning
pearl
Other names
Alternative spelling
Grethe
Derived
Margarethe
Related names
Greta, Gretchen
Grete or Grethe is a feminine given name, a derivate of Margaret. It is most often used in Scandinavia (not including Sweden), Estonia, and German-speaking Europe.
German-speaking Europe. Grete Berget (1954–2017), Norwegian politician Grete De Francesco (1893–1945), German-speaking writer Grete Daut (born 2000), Estonian...
Grete Hermann (2 March 1901 – 15 April 1984) was a German mathematician and philosopher noted for her work in mathematics, physics, philosophy and education...
begins to accept his new identity and adapt to his new body. His sister Grete is the only one willing to bring him food, which she finds Gregor only likes...
Grete Griffin (née Šadeiko; born 29 May 1993) is an Estonian heptathlete. At the 2010 World Junior Championships in Moncton, Canada she placed fourth...
Grete Mildenberg (born Grete Hill: 5 January 1902) was a German politician (KPD). Grete Hill was born into a working-class family in Elbing, an industrial...
Grete Waitz (née Andersen, 1 October 1953 – 19 April 2011) was a Norwegian marathon runner and former world record holder. In 1979, at the New York City...
Grete Franke Dollitz (June 12, 1924 – May 9, 2013) was an American classical music radio presenter, classical guitarist, and guitar teacher in Richmond...
Grete Ellingsen (born 20 January 1976) is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. She was a State Secretary in the Ministry of Local Government...
Grete Kuld (née Klein; born 12 February 1989) is an Estonian singer, actress, and television presenter. Kuld was born on 12 February 1989 in Tallinn,...
Grete Pedersen (born 1960) is a Norwegian choral conductor and former footballer. She is noted for her work with Det Norske Solistkor which she has conducted...
Grete Unrein (née Grete Abbe, 18 November 1872—5 November 1945) was a German politician from Jena active during the Weimar Republic, with a particular...
were named Grete, including – SS Grete (1892), built by N P Petersen, Thurö SS Grete (1902), built by Russell & Co, Port Glasgow SS Grete (1920), built...
Grete Trakl (full name Margarethe Jeanne Trakl, married name Grete Langen; 8 August 1891 – 21 September 1917) was an Austrian pianist and sister of the...
Grete Minde is an 1880 German novel by Theodor Fontane, based on the case of Margarete von Minden who in 1619 took revenge on corrupt officials in Tangermünde...
Grete Ly (October 20, 1885 as Grethe Lichtenstein in Beuthen - April 1, 1942 in Kaindorf an der Sulm, Austria) was a German soubrette, theater and silent...
Margarete Emma Dorothea "Grete" Mosheim (8 January 1905 – 29 December 1986) was a German film, theatre, and television actress. Mosheim was born in Berlin...
Grete Sultan (born Johanna Margarete Sultan) (June 21, 1906 – June 26, 2005) was a German-American pianist. Sultan was born in Berlin into a musical family...
concentration camp) was a friend of Felice Bauer and a pen-friend of Franz Kafka. Grete Bloch was born in Berlin, a daughter of the sales representative Louis Bloch...
Grete Mogensen (born 15 May 1963, later Grete Kragekjær) is a retired female badminton player from Denmark. She competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics....
Margarete "Grete" Fuchs-Keilson (21 December 1905 – 4 January 1999) was a German politician and official in the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) and the...
Grete Daut (born 4 January 2000) is an Estonian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Saku Sporting and the Estonia women's national team. She made...
The Grete Herball (The Great Herbal) is an Early Modern encyclopedia and the first illustrated herbal produced in English. It is preceded by Richard Banckes's...
The Faule Grete (German for Lazy Grete, alluding to the lack of mobility and slow rate of fire of such super-sized cannon) was a medieval large-calibre...
Grete Beier (15 September 1885 – 23 July 1908) was the last woman who was publicly executed in the Kingdom of Saxony. Her inter-related crimes included...