Grettel

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Grettel is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Costa Rica than in any other country, where it is the 77th most common given name.

rarermore common
  • CRCosta Rica1 in 882(measured from records)
  • USUnited States1 in 378K
  • PAPanama≈1 in 22K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Costa Rica (measured from records)

5,780 people

Sources
119 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 882 (inferred from the name graph)

Costa Rica

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Grettel counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Grettel is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CR Costa Rica#775,7801 in 8825.8KGrettel49
US United States—8801 in 378K874Grettel119
PA Panama—≈180 est.≈1 in 22K1Grettel13
NI Nicaragua—≈160 est.≈1 in 38K—Grettel12
PY Paraguay—≈150 est.≈1 in 47K—Grettel5
EE Estonia—≈14 est.≈1 in 88K113Grettel4

5,780 people counted by TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Tribunal Electoral — Boletín, postulaciones for the 5 May 2024 general election; the ee-stat-nimed register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Grettel is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Russian given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, United States

    Also written Греттель

30 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1940196019802000Grettel Barboza, b. 1956Grettel Labrada Casas, b. 1987Grettel Obando, b. 2000

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 19 sources across 12 countries.

Official registers attesting Grettel
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
CR Costa RicaTSE — electoral roll (padrón) names—5.8K#122
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020874#13,642
EE EstoniaStatistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed)—113#687
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)201894—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)201791—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)201686—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)202478—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)202377—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)202071—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)201971—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)202270—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)202150—

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

Is Grettel a male or female name?
Grettel is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Grettel have the most bearers?
In Costa Rica, the national register counted about 5.8 thousand people named Grettel, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled grettel.
Where is Grettel most common?
Grettel is densest in Costa Rica, where the national register counts about 1 in 882 people carrying it.
How common is the name Grettel?
In Costa Rica, the national register counted 5,780 people named Grettel, about 1 in 882 residents.
How common is Grettel compared with other names?
In Costa Rica, Grettel is the 77th most common given name of 15,284 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Grettel” — the 77th most common given name in Costa Rica. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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