Grete
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Origin of the name Margaret:
From the Greek Margarītēs, which is derived from maragon (a pearl).
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At the moment, "Grete" is the sixty-first most popular girl's name in Norway.
It is pronounced "GRAY-tah".
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As it is a form of "Margaret", it also means "pearl".
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