Gretel

For the 1985 cyclone, see Cyclone Gretel. For the yacht, see Gretel (yacht). For the later yacht, see Gretel II.

Gretel is a German shortening of the given name Margarete, meaning "pearl".^[1]

Gretel

Hansel and Gretel
Language(s)	German
Other names
Variant form(s)	Margarete

Notable people with this given name include:

• Gretel, a fictional character in the Brothers Grimm fairy tale Hansel and Gretel
• Gretel Beer (1921–2010), Austrian-born English author of cooking books and travel reports and newspaper cookery writer
• Gretel Bergmann (1914–2017), German Jewish high jumper who was prevented from competing in the 1936 Berlin Olympics
• Gretel Ehrlich (born 1946), American travel writer, poet, and essayist
• Gretel Grant-Gomez, a fictional character from the Disney Channel animated series Hamster & Gretel
• Gretel Killeen (born 1963), Australian presenter
• Gretel Oberhollenzer-Rogger (born 1958), Italian ski mountaineer
• Gretel Scarlett (born 1987), Australian actress
• Gretel Tippett (born 1993), Australian netball player and former WNBL basketball player

See also

• Gretl, an open source statistical package