Greta

Meaning

Proper Noun

• A female given name from Ancient Greek.
• river Cumbria (county) England (constituent country) which joins the river, Derwent at Keswick.
• river County Durham (county) England (constituent country) which joins the river, Tees, and which was originally in the North Riding of Yorkshire.
• river North Yorkshire (county) and Lancashire (county) England (constituent country) which joins the river, Lune.
• minor river in north Canterbury (region) New Zealand (country), which flows into the Hurunui River, and named after one of the North Yorkshire rivers.
• Two places in Australia thought to be named after the Cumbrian river:

Origin

• From German and Swedish Greta, a contraction of Margareta.
• From Old Norse grjót + a