Gender: Girl
Meaning: Pearl, great — vast in scope and deeply admired
Origin: Germanic/Greek
Popularity: Ranked #3566 in 2024 with 43 babies born.
History: Gretchen is a name with Germanic/Greek roots, related to the element 'gret' meaning pearl, great.
Similar names: grethel, greycen
Name length: 8 letters
How common is Gretchen? About 1 in 77,407 babies born in 2024 were named Gretchen, or roughly 0.1 per day in the United States.
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