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    Greta

    GREH-tuh

    German/Greek
    Girl
    Meaning-based name
    Meaning
    Pearl
    Origin
    German/Greek
    Is it in the Bible?
    No — the name Greta does not appear in the King James Bible. Christian families use it for its meaning, "Pearl", and for the biblical themes that meaning touches, not because anyone in Scripture is called Greta.
    First appears in
    Does not appear in the King James text
    Peak US usage
    1930s (0.026% of births), currently rising
    Spiritual meaning
    Greta is the pearl of great price — beauty formed from pressure, gates of heaven made from single pearls, the kingdom worth everything.
    Verses on this meaning
    • Matthew 13:46

      "Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it."

    • Revelation 21:21

      "And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; every several gate was of one pearl."

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