Grete
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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.
Key facts
- Given name.name
- Grete
- Given name.gender
- Female
- Given name.meaning
- pearl
- Given name.alternative spelling
- Grethe
- Given name.related names
- Greta, Gretchen
- Given name.derived
- Margarethe
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- native label
- Grete
- Soundex
- G630
- Cologne phonetics
- 472
- Caverphone
- KRT111
- Commons category
- Grete (given name)
- P8168
- Claude Piron
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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.
==People== ===Given name=== ====First name==== Grete Berget (1954–2017), Norwegian politician Grete De Francesco (1893–1945), German-speaking writer Grete Daut (born 2000), Estonian footballer Grete Eliassen (born 1986), Norwegian/American freeskier Grete Faremo (born 1955), Norwegian politician Grete Frederiksen (1918–2007), Danish freestyle swimmer Grete Frische (1911–1962), Danish actress, screenwriter and director Grete Gaim (born 1993), Estonian biathlete Grete Gross, (born 1890), Russian-German commercial artist. Grete Heckscher (1901–1987), Danish fencer Grete Hermann (1901–1984), German mathematician and philosopher Grete Kirkeberg (born 1964), Norwegian long-distance runner Grete Knudsen (1940–2023), Norwegian politician Grete Kuld (born 1989), Estonian singer, actress and television presenter Grete Mogensen, Danish badminton player Grete Nordrå (1924–2012), Norwegian actress Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo (born 1961), Norwegian biathlete and cross country skier Grete Olsen (1912–2010), Danish fencer Grete Paia (born 1995), Estonian singer Grete Püvi (born 1982), Estonian dressage rider Grete Reinwald (1902–1983), German actress Grete Rikko (1908–1998), German-American painter Grete Šadeiko (born 1993), Estonian heptathlete Grete Salomonsen, Norwegian film director Grete Treier (born 1977), Estonian road bicycle racer Grete Waitz (1953–2011), Norwegian marathon runner Grete Zimmer, birth name of Greta Zimmer Friedman (1924-2016), Austrian-born American nurse kissed by a sailor celebrating the end of World War II in an iconic photograph
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