Gretel is a German shortening of the given name
Margarete
Margarete is a German feminine given name. It is derived from Ancient Greek ''margarites'' (μαργαρίτης), meaning "the pearl". Via the Latin ''margarita'', it arrived in the German sprachraum. Related names in English include Daisy, ...
, meaning "pearl".
Notable people with this given name include:
*Gretel, a fictional character in the Brothers Grimm fairy tale ''
Hansel and Gretel
"Hansel and Gretel" (; ) is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm and published in 1812 as part of ''Grimms' Fairy Tales'' (KHM 15).
Hansel and Gretel are siblings who are abandoned in a forest and fall into the hands of a witch ...
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Gretel Beer
Gretel Beer (born Margaret Weidenfeld; 11 July 1921 – 11 August 2010) was an Austrian-born English author of cooking books and travel reports. She also served as a cookery writer for ''The Daily Telegraph'' and ''Daily Express'' newspapers.
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(1921–2010), Austrian-born English author of cooking books and travel reports and newspaper cookery writer
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Gretel Bergmann
Gretel Lambert (born Margarethe Bergmann; April 12, 1914 – July 25, 2017)[Gretel Ehrlich
Gretel Ehrlich is an American travel writer, poet and essayist.
Biography
Born in 1946 in Santa Barbara, California, she studied at Bennington College and UCLA film school. She began to write full-time in 1978 while living on a Wyoming ranch ...]
(born 1946), American travel writer, poet, and essayist
*Gretel Grant-Gomez, a fictional character from the Disney Channel animated series ''
Hamster & Gretel
''Hamster & Gretel'' is an American animated superhero comedy television series created by ''Phineas and Ferb'' and '' Milo Murphy's Law'' co-creator Dan Povenmire that first aired on Disney Channel on August 12, 2022. In January 2023, the ser ...
''
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Gretel Killeen
Gretel Killeen (born 3 February 1963) is an Australian comedian, television presenter, media personality and author. She is known for being the host of ''Big Brother (Australian TV series), Big Brother Australia'' from its inception in Big Broth ...
(born 1963), Australian presenter
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Gretel Oberhollenzer-Rogger Gretel "Greti" Oberhollenzer-Rogger, née ''Rogger'' (born 1958), is an Italian ski mountaineer. She and her husband are dairymen of the ''Rifugio Pian di Cengia'' aka ''Büllelejochhütte'' near Sexten.
Selected results
* 2003:
** 4th, Pierr ...
(born 1958), Italian ski mountaineer
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Gretel Scarlett
Gretel Scarlett Jahnke (), known as Gretel Scarlett (born 9 November 1987) is an Australian actress and performer. Having appeared in theatre productions including ''Wicked (musical), Wicked'' and ''Mamma Mia! (musical), Mamma Mia!'', she is b ...
(born 1987), Australian actress
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Gretel Tippett
Gretel Bueta (née Tippett; born 3 July 1993) is an Australian netball player and former basketball player.
Basketball
Bueta played for the Australian Institute of Sport in the Women's National Basketball League during the 2010/2011 season. S ...
(born 1993), Australian netball player and former WNBL basketball player
See also
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Gretl
gretl is an open-source statistical package, mainly for econometrics. The name is an acronym for ''G''nu ''R''egression, ''E''conometrics and ''T''ime-series ''L''ibrary.
It has both a graphical user interface (GUI) and a command-line interf ...
, an open source statistical package
References
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German feminine given names
Feminine given names