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Gretchen

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Meaning and origin
Gretchen is a German girl name. The meaning of the name is `Pearl`.


Where is it used?
The name Gretchen is mainly used in German.

See also
In Welsh and in English: Megan
In Welsh: Mererid
In Welsh: Mared
In Welsh: Marged
In Swedish, German and in English: Greta
In Spanish and in Russian: Margarita
In Slovene: Marjeta
In Scottish: Peigi
In Portuguese: Margarida
In Polish: Malgorzata
In Norwegian and in Swedish: Marit
In Jewish: Perle
In Jewish: Marganita
In Italian: Margherita
In Irish and in Scottish: Mairead
In Icelandic: Margrét
In Hungarian and in Scandinavian: Margit
In Hungarian: Margaréta
In German, Scandinavian, Serbian and in Croatian: Margareta
In German and in Scandinavian: Meta
In German and in Danish: Grete
In German and in Danish: Margrethe
In German and in Danish: Margarethe
In German: Margarete
In French: Marguerite
In French: Margot
In Finnish: Marketta
In Finnish: Reeta
In Finnish: Maarit
In Finnish: Reetta
In English: Meg
In English: Margaret (F)
In English: Madge
In English: Margie
In English: Marge
In English: Margery
In English: Maggie
In English: Mamie
In Dutch: Greetje
In Dutch: Greet
In Danish: Märta
In Danish: Mette
In Danish: Merete
In Czech and in Slovak: Markéta
In Armenian: Margarid


More `Gretchen` links
Gretchen as abbreviation
Actors named Gretchen
Gretchen in the encyclopedia





Statistics for Gretchen

Gretchen appears in 2007`s top-1000 name list at rank 881.. 1970 was a `top year` for the name Gretchen. (Based on 128 years of name history) In that year it ranked #250. The last time Gretchen appeared among the most common names was in 1890. Our records go back to 1880

YearRankRank
2007881
2006776
2005762
2004886
2003780
2002812
2001764
2000742
1999744
1998746
1997752
1996721
1995726
1994741
1993685
1992683
1991597
1990626
1980271
1970250
1960307
1950332
1940290
1930499
1920626
1910403
1900452
1890485
1880---


See also the US top 1000 names 2007

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