Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gretta

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.95 in modern English

Syllables: gret-ta
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A female given name from Ancient Greek.

Example Sentences

"'Gretta tells me you're not going to take a cab back to Monkstown to-night, Gabriel,' said Aunt Kate. 'No,' said Gabriel, turning to his wife, 'we had quite enough of that last year, hadn't we? Don't you remember, Aunt Kate, what a cold Gretta got out of it? Cab windows rattling all the way, and the east wind blowing in after we passed Merrion. Very jolly it was. Gretta caught a dreadful cold.'"
"Mrs Saunders referred to Aoife throughout this talk as 'Eva' and when Gretta corrected her, Mrs Saunders replied that didn't Gretta think it would be better 'for everyone' to use what she termed 'the proper spelling' of the name? If only to give Eva a better chance of learning to write it?"

Etymology

From Margaret. A rare variant of Greta.

Questions

What does gretta mean?: A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Where does gretta come from?: From Margaret. A rare variant of Greta.

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