Grettel
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- GREH-tel
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #3,831 for girls
Grettel is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “pearl”. In 2025 it ranked 3,831st for girls in the US (38 babies).
What does Grettel mean?
Greek: spelling of Gretel, a German short form of Margaret
“pearl”
Gretel is the sister of Hansel in the Brothers Grimm fairy tale Hansel and Gretel.
Is Grettel a girl's or a boy's name?
Grettel is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 38 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Grettel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,831st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 38 about 1 in 42,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 18% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 38 girls in the US were named Grettel, making it the 3,831st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,441st. Its busiest year was 2018, with 94 girls. It first appears in the records in 1993.
2025 had fewer girls named Grettel than any year since 2012.
Half of all the girls named Grettel in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 94 girls in the US were given Grettel or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,772, up from #3,831 for this spelling alone.
Grettel in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 38 | #3,831 |
| 2024 | 78 | #2,347 |
| 2023 | 77 | #2,352 |
| 2022 | 70 | #2,530 |
| 2021 | 50 | #3,215 |
| 2020 | 71 | #2,441 |
| 2019 | 71 | #2,482 |
| 2018 | 94 | #2,059 |
| 2017 | 91 | #2,108 |
| 2016 | 86 | #2,221 |
| 2015 | 44 | #3,533 |
| 2014 | 47 | #3,367 |
| 2013 | 49 | #3,266 |
| 2012 | 32 | #4,484 |
| 2011 | 46 | #3,451 |
| 2010 | 27 | #5,106 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,535 |
| 2006 | 18 | #6,838 |
| 2005 | 15 | #7,495 |
| 2004 | 24 | #5,204 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
Names like Grettel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lyra, Gracelynn, Harlow, Isla, Harper, Maisie, Miller, Oakley, Gemma, Zoe, Leighton, Chloe
Other spellings of Grettel
Names related to Grettel
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Sophie, Iris, Lainey
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Grettel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/grettel, updated 20 October 2026.