Grietje is a Dutch feminine given name. It is a short form and diminutive of Margaretha. It was a common name, but its use has declined steadily since about 1900.Grietje
at the Meertens Institute database of given names in the Netherlands The fairy tale Hansel and Gretel is called ''Hans en Grietje'' in Dutch. People with the name include: * Grietje "Gré" de Jongh (1924–2002), Dutch sprinter *

Grietje Terburg Rowley Elizabeth Grietje Terburg Rowley (1927–2015) was a Latter-day Saint hymnwriter. Born in Florida, she later moved to Hawaii, to teach, and then to Salt Lake City, Utah. She wrote several hymns for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (L ...

(1927–2015), American Latter-day Saint hymn writer * Grietje "Gretha" Smit (born 1976), Dutch speed skater *

Grietje Staffelt Grietje Staffelt (née Bettin, born 16 July 1975 in Eckernförde, Schleswig-Holstein) is a German politician and a former member of Alliance 90/The Greens in the Federal Diet of Germany. Staffelt has been an MP since 3 April 2000, when she re ...

(born 1975), German politician *

Griet Van Vaerenbergh Griet may mean: * An Afrikaans term used for shock, originally used by a Lisa-Lodene Labuschagne in the early 2000. * Another name for a Godwit. * A Dutch feminine given name, short for Margarita (see Grietje Grietje is a Dutch feminine given name. ...

(born 1982), Belgian volleyball player *

Grietje Vanderheijden Grietje Vanderheijden (born October 1978) is a Belgian actress. She studied music at the conservatories of Brussels & Antwerp (Belgium). During and after her studies she appeared in multiple Belgian musicals such as "Cinderella", " The Wizard of O ...

(born 1978), Belgian actress *

Grietje Zelle Margaretha Geertruida MacLeod (née Zelle; 7 August 187615 October 1917), better known by the stage name Mata Hari (), was a Dutch exotic dancer and courtesan who was convicted of being a spy for Germany during World War I. She was executed by ...

(1876–1917), Dutch exotic dancer and courtesan better known as Mata Hari

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