Name: Gretchen
Gender: Female
Usage: Gretchen is a very popular first name. It is more often used as a girl (female) name.
People having the name Gretchen are in general originating from Austria, Germany, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Variants: For another variant of the name Gretchen across the world, see Margarethe.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Gretchen is: Pearl, A pearl.
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Numerology of the first name Gretchen: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 8. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: ambitious, successful, realistic, powerful, authoritative, courageous, leading.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Leader, Visionary
Ruling planet: Saturn
Colors: Black, Purple
Gemstones: Ruby, Amethyst
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The name Gretchen is ranked on the 1,300th position of the most used names. It means that this name is very frequently used.
We estimate that there are at least 367100 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.006% of the population. The name Gretchen has eight characters. It means that it is relatively long-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Gretchen for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
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History and Origin
Gretchen is a female given name of German origin, though it became common in many other countries. As with Greta and Grete, it is a pet form of the name Margaret. Its popularity increased due to a major character in Goethe's Faust having this name. In Germany today it is out of use as a given name.
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