Greta

Meanings

1. A female given name from Ancient Greek.

1. A river in Cumbria, England, which joins the Derwent at Keswick.
2. A river in County Durham, England, which joins the Tees, and which was originally in the North Riding of Yorkshire.
3. A river in North Yorkshire and Lancashire, England, which joins the Lune.
4. A minor river in north Canterbury, New Zealand, which flows into the Hurunui River, and named after one of the North Yorkshire rivers.
5. Two places in Australia thought to be named after the Cumbrian river:
6. A small town in the Hunter Region of New South Wales.
7. A locality in the Rural City of Wangaratta, Victoria.

Etymology

From German and Swedish Greta, a contraction of Margareta.