Grete

Grete is a female given name .

Origin and meaning

The name is particularly common in German as well as in Danish and Norwegian- speaking areas. The name is a short form or variant of the first name Margarete ; for the origin and meaning of the name see here .

variants

Name bearers

First name

Grete Alt-Lantschner (1906–1989), Austrian ski racer
Grete Baldauf-Würkert (1878–1962), German native writer
Grete Beier (1885–1908), German murderer
Grete Berger (1883–1944), Austrian actress
Grete Berget (1954–2017), Norwegian politician
Grete Bittner (1905–1973), Austrian actress
Grete Boesel (1908–1947), German guard in the Ravensbrück concentration camp
Grete Csaki-Copony (1893–1990), German painter, draftsman and poet
Grete Diercks (1890–1978), German actress
Grete Dierkes (1882–1957), Austrian actress
Grete Digruber (1945–2010), Austrian ski racer
Grete Faremo (* 1955), Norwegian Defense Minister
Grete Fluss (1892–1964), Cologne singer, humorist, actress
Grete Groh-Kummerlöw (1909–1980), German trade unionist, member of the Presidium of the People's Chamber
Grete Gulbransson (1882–1934), Austrian writer and local poet
Grete Havnesköld (* 1986), Swedish actress
Grete Heger (1916–2007), Austrian actress
Grete Herber (1910–2005), German table tennis player
Grete Hermann (1901–1984), German physicist and philosopher
Grete Heublein (1908–1997), German athlete and Olympic participant
Grete Hoell (1909–1986), communist resistance fighter in Hanover
Grete Keilson (1905–1999), German politician (KPD, SED)
Grete Kirkeberg (* 1964), Norwegian long-distance runner
Grete Kletke (1892–1987), German politician (FDP)
Grete Knudsen (* 1940), Norwegian politician
Grete Laska (* 1951), Austrian politician (SPÖ)
Grete Leutz (* 1930), German psychotherapist
Grete Lundt (1892–1926), Austrian actress
Grete Ly (dert – 1921), German actress and film producer
Grete Meisel-Heß (1879–1922), Austrian writer
Grete Merrem-Nikisch (1887–1970), German soprano
Grete Mildenberg (1902–1969), German worker and politician (KPD)
Grete Mogensen (* 1963), Danish badminton player
Grete Mosheim (1905–1986), German actress
Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo (* 1961), Norwegian biathlete and cross-country skier
Grete Paia (* 1995), Estonian singer
Grete Popper (1897–1976), German-Czech photographer
Grete Rader-Soulek (1920–1997), Austrian textile artist, painter and designer
Grete Rehor (1910–1987), Austrian politician (ÖVP)
Grete Reiner (1892–1944), German translator and editor
Grete Reinwald (1902–1983), German actress
Grete Ring (1887–1952), German art historian and gallery owner
Grete Rosenberg (1896–1979), German swimmer
Grete Salus (1910–1996), Holocaust survivor and contemporary witness
Grete Scheuer (1900–1988), Austrian writer
Grete Schickedanz (1911–1994), German entrepreneur
Grete Schmedes (1889–1985), German graphic artist and illustrator
Grete Schurz (* 1934), Austrian women's rights activist, Austria's first women's representative
Grete Sehlmeyer (1891–1967), German politician (FDP, Liberal Bund)
Grete Stern (1904–1999), German-Argentinian photographer
Grete Sultan (1906–2005), German-American pianist
Grete Teege (1893–1959), Hessian politician (SPD)
Grete Thiele (1913–1993), German politician (KPD, DKP), MdL
Grete Unrein (1872–1945), Jena politician
Grete von Urbanitzky (1891–1974), Austrian writer, translator and journalist
Grete Vogel (1891–1970), German worker functionary and Bremen politician
Grete Waitz (1953–2011), Norwegian long-distance runner and first female marathon world champion
Grete Walter (pianist) (1906–1939), German pianist, composer, arranger and conductor, daughter of the conductor Bruno Walter
Grete Walter (1913–1935), German resistance fighter against National Socialism
Grete Wehmeyer (1924–2011), German pianist and musicologist
Grete Weil (1906–1999), German writer
Grete Weiskopf (1905–1966), Austrian children's book author
Grete Wiesenthal (1885–1970), Austrian dancer, choreographer and dance teacher
Grete Wurm (1919–2002), German actress
Grete Yppen (1917–2008), Austrian painter
Grete von Zieritz (1899–2001), Austrian pianist and composer
Grete Zimmer (1922–2003), Austrian actress

Second first name

Liv Grete Poirée (* 1974), Norwegian biathlete

Double name

Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen (* 1949), Norwegian social democratic politician

family name

Carl Grete (1810–1871), German businessman and mayor of Vorsfelde
Ernst August Grete (1848–1919), Swiss chemist