Gretchen (given name)
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Gretchen is a female given name of German
origin, though it became common in many other countries. It is a pet form of Greta
, Grete
or Margaret
. Its popularity increased with a major character in Goethe
's "Faust
" having this name. In Germany it became commonly referred to as being archaic.
People with the given name Gretchen:
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
origin, though it became common in many other countries. It is a pet form of Greta
Greta
The name Greta is derived from the name Margaret, which comes from the Greek word margarites or "pearl."Greta may refer to:-People:* Gréta Arn , professional tennis player* Greta Bösel , executed Nazi concentration camp guard...
, Grete
Grete
-People:*Grete Adler , Austrian Olympic medal winning swimmer*Grete Berget , Norwegian politician*Grete Faremo , Norwegian politician*Grete Frederiksen , Danish freestyle swimmer...
or Margaret
Margaret (name)
Margaret is a female first name, derived from the Greek word margarites meaning "pearl." It may have originally been derived from the Sanskrit word मञ्यरी mañjarī....
. Its popularity increased with a major character in Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a German writer, pictorial artist, biologist, theoretical physicist, and polymath. He is considered the supreme genius of modern German literature. His works span the fields of poetry, drama, prose, philosophy, and science. His Faust has been called the greatest long...
's "Faust
Goethe's Faust
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust is a tragic play in two parts: and . Although written as a closet drama, it is the play with the largest audience numbers on German-language stages...
" having this name. In Germany it became commonly referred to as being archaic.
Television
- Gretchen, a Brazilian singer
- Gretchen (fictional character), a fictional character from Faust: The First Part of the Tragedy
- Gretchen Morgan, a fictional character from Prison Break
- Gretchen Berg, a fictional character from Heroes
- Gretchen, a fictional character played by Eden SherEden SherEden Rebecca Sher is an American actress best known for her role as Sue Heck in ABC's sitcom The Middle, and as Carrie Fenton in the television series Sons and Daughters.- Biography and career :...
in WeedsWeeds (TV series)Weeds is an American television comedy created by Jenji Kohan and produced by Tilted Productions in association with Lionsgate Television. The central character is Nancy Botwin , a widowed mother of two boys who begins selling marijuana to support her family after her husband dies suddenly of a... - Gretchen Ross, a fictional character from Donnie DarkoDonnie DarkoDonnie Darko is a 2001 American psychological thriller film written and directed by Richard Kelly and starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Drew Barrymore, Patrick Swayze, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Noah Wyle, Jena Malone, and Mary McDonnell...
- Gretchen from Phineas and FerbPhineas and FerbPhineas and Ferb is an American animated television comedy series. Originally broadcast as a preview on August 17, 2007, on Disney Channel, the series follows Phineas Flynn and his English stepbrother Ferb Fletcher on summer vacation. Every day the boys embark on some grand new project, which...
- Gretchen Grundler, one of six main characters in Recess
- Gretchen Schwartz, a fictional character played by Jessica HechtJessica HechtJessica Hecht is an American actress, known for numerous Broadway appearances and TV roles.-Background:Hecht was born in Princeton, New Jersey, the daughter of Lenore, a psychotherapist, and Richard Hecht, a physicist. Jessica moved with her parents and her sister to Bloomfield, CT, at the age of...
in Breaking BadBreaking BadBreaking Bad is an American television drama series created and produced by Vince Gilligan. Set and produced in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Breaking Bad is the story of Walter White , a struggling high school chemistry teacher who is diagnosed with advanced lung cancer at the beginning of the series...
People with the given name Gretchen:
- Gretchen AlbrechtGretchen AlbrechtGretchen Albrecht, CNZM, is a major New Zealand painter.Gretchen Albrecht was born in Onehunga, and attended the University of Auckland Elam School of Fine Arts, graduating in 1963. She received grants from the QE II Arts foundation in 1976, 1978 and 1986, and travelled and worked extensively in...
(born 1943), a New Zealand painter - Gretchen BarrettoGretchen BarrettoGretchen Barretto is an actress from the Philippines. She has two younger sisters, Marjorie Barretto and Claudine Barretto, who are also actors....
(born 1970), a Filipino actress - Gretchen BleilerGretchen BleilerGretchen Bleiler is an American professional halfpipe snowboarder. She currently resides in Aspen, Colorado and is married to Chris Hotell.-Career:...
(born 1981), a professional halfpipe snowboarder and pioneer - Gretchen BrewinGretchen BrewinGretchen Brewin was elected as Mayor of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, in November 1985 and served until 1990. She was the first female mayor in the city's history.She served as a NDP MLA for the riding of Victoria-Beacon Hill from 1991 to 2001....
(21st century), a Canadian politician - Gretchen CarlsonGretchen CarlsonGretchen Elizabeth Carlson is an American television personality who currently co-hosts the Fox News morning show Fox & Friends along with Steve Doocy and Brian Kilmeade...
(born 1966), a former Miss America and current TV host - Gretchen CorbettGretchen CorbettGretchen Corbett is an American actress most noted for the role of Beth Davenport on the television series The Rockford Files from 1974 to 1978.-Early Life in Oregon:...
(born 1947), an American actress - Gretchen Cruz (born 1977), an American Designer
- Gretchen CryerGretchen CryerGretchen Cryer is an American playwright, lyricist and actress.-Early life:Cryer was born Gretchen Kiger in Dunreith, Indiana, the daughter of Louise and Earl William Kiger...
(born 1935), an American writer, actress, and lyricist - Gretchen DykstraGretchen DykstraGretchen Dykstra is the previous President and CEO of the World Trade Center Memorial Foundation. The former Commissioner of New York City's Department of Consumer Affairs, Dykstra left that post in April 2005 to head up the foundation, which is entrusted with raising funds for the construction of...
(21st century), a previous President and CEO of the World Trade Center Memorial Foundation - Gretchen EgolfGretchen EgolfGretchen Egolf is an American film and television actress.Egolf grew up in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, where she began acting in theatre as a child. After high school, she attended the Juilliard School for drama in New York and has been living and working in New York and Los Angeles ever since...
(born 1973), an American actress - Gretchen FranklinGretchen FranklinGretchen Franklin was an English actress with a career in showbusiness that spanned over eighty years.She was born in Covent Garden, west London, a cousin of the actor Clive Dunn. She was best known for playing the character of Ethel Skinner in the long running BBC One, soap opera, EastEnders...
(1911–2005), an English actress - Gretchen FraserGretchen FraserGretchen Kunigk Fraser was an alpine ski racer. She was the first American to win an Olympic gold medal for skiing....
(1919–1994), an American alpine skier - Gretchen HofmannGretchen HofmannGretchen Hofmann is professor of ecological physiology of marine organisms at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She holds a B.S. from the University of Wyoming, and an M.S. and Ph.D...
(21st century), a professor at the University of California - Gretchen KirbyGretchen KirbyGretchen Kirby is a leader in the field of special education and autism intervention. She is a special education consultant in the state of Massachusetts who has been working in the field of special education for over 20 years.-Education:...
(21st century), an American educator - Gretchen KrampGretchen KrampGretchen Kramp received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Center for Creative Studies in Detroit, Michigan in 1991. After majoring in painting, she apprenticed herself to a local ceramicist. In the mid-1990s, her tiles were represented in the ceramic collection at the Biddle Gallery in Wyandotte,...
(21st century), an American muralist - Gretchen LieberumGretchen LieberumGretchen Lieberum is a Los Angeles- based jazz vocalist and song-writer.Raised in Berkeley, California, she developed a passion for jazz, funk and urban beats within the Bay Area scene....
(21st century), an American singer - Gretchen MagersGretchen MagersGretchen Anne Magers is a former professional tennis player from the United States....
(born 1964), a former professional tennis player - Gretchen MalaladGretchen MalaladGretchen Malalad is a Filipina 2005 Southeast Asian Games karate gold medalist and a former beauty pageant contestant in Binibining Pilipinas 2002 where she emerged Ms. Talent and Ms. Red Bull Supreme. She was also a housemate in Pinoy Big Brother: Celebrity Edition...
(21st century), a Filipina 2005 Southeast Asian Games karate gold medalist - Gretchen MasseyGretchen MasseyGretchen Wynnifer Massey Lukas is a Los Angeles-based radio host and performer. Her CBS Radio talk show 'CrackinUp w/ Gretchen & the Lukes' aired weekly on the Los Angeles station KLSX 97.1 Free FM every 'Fraturday'...
(born 1969), a radio host and performer - Gretchen MerrillGretchen MerrillGretchen Merrill was an American figure skater. Gretchen was a six-time U.S. national champion and thrice placed second in 1941, 1942 and 1949...
(died 1965), an American figure skater - Gretchen MolGretchen MolGretchen Mol is an American actress and former model. She is known for her roles in films like Rounders, Celebrity, 3:10 to Yuma, The Thirteenth Floor,and The Notorious Bettie Page, where she played the title character...
(born 1972), an American actress - Gretchen MorgensonGretchen MorgensonGretchen C. Morgenson is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who writes the Market Watch column for the Sunday "Money & Business" section of the New York Times.-Life:...
(born 1956), a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist - Gretchen OehlerGretchen OehlerGretchen Oehler was an American actress, most recognized for her long-running role as Vivien Gorrow on the soap operas Another World and Texas....
(1943–2001), an American actress - Gretchen Osgood WarrenGretchen Osgood WarrenGretchen Osgood Warren ; the wife of Fiske Warren was an actress, singer and poet. The daughter of Dr. Hamilton Osgood and Margaret Cushing Osgood of Beacon Hill, Boston, Massachusetts, her younger sister was Mary Alden Childers wife of writer and Irish nationalist Robert Erskine Childers.-Early...
(1868–1961), an actress, singer, poet and muse - Gretchen ParlatoGretchen ParlatoGretchen Parlato is an American jazz singer. She has performed and recorded with musicians such as Lionel Loueke, Wayne Shorter and Kenny Barron....
(21st century), an American jazz singer - Gretchen Passantino (21st century), a Christian apologist
- Gretchen PetersGretchen PetersGretchen Peters is a singer-songwriter in the folk/country genre. She was born in New York and raised in Boulder, Colorado, but moved to Nashville in the late 1980s...
(21st century), an American country singer - Gretchen PhillipsGretchen PhillipsGretchen Phillips is an American singer-songwriter known for her humorous and topical songs. Phillips has been openly gay throughout her life and her lesbianism has inspired much of her material.- Background :...
(born 1963), an American musician - Gretchen PolhemusGretchen PolhemusGretchen Lynn Polhemus-Jensen is a former Miss USA and second runner-up to .-Early life:Prior to competing in Miss Texas USA, Jensen was working as a cattle broker and real estate agent in her home state....
(born 1965), the 38th Miss USA - Gretchen QuintanaGretchen QuintanaGretchen Quintana Cordero is a female heptathlete from Cuba, who competed for her native country at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-Achievements:-External links:*...
(born 1984), a Cuban heptathlete - Gretchen RauGretchen RauGretchen Rau was a professional property master, set decorator, and art director in the American film industry...
(1939–2006), a professional property master, set decorator, and art director - Gretchen RubinGretchen RubinGretchen Craft Rubin is an American author and attorney. She is author of Forty Ways to Look at Winston Churchill, along with Forty Ways to Look at JFK...
(21st century), an American author and attorney - Gretchen UlionGretchen UlionGretchen Ulion is an American ice hockey player. She won a gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics. She is the Dartmouth Big Green women's ice hockey program's all-time leading scorer with 189 goals and 312 points...
(born 1972), an American ice hockey player - Gretchen WhitmerGretchen WhitmerGretchen Whitmer is a Democratic member of the Michigan Senate and Senate Democratic Leader. Whitmer has represented the 23rd District since a special election in March 2006 to replace Virg Bernero, who was elected Mayor of Lansing the previous November. Previously, Whitmer was a member of the...
(born 1971), a Michigan State Senator - Gretchen WilsonGretchen WilsonGretchen Frances Wilson is an American country music artist. She made her debut in 2004 with the Grammy Award-winning single "Redneck Woman," a number-one hit on the Billboard country charts. The song served as the lead-off single of her debut album, Here for the Party...
(born 1973), a Grammy award-winning American country music singer-songwriter - Gretchen WylerGretchen WylerGretchen Wyler was an American actress and founder of the Genesis Awards for animal protection.-Early life:...
(1932–2007), an American actress