Kreeta

From Ancient Greek Κρήτη (Krḗtē).

Kreeta

1. Crete

Swedish Greta and German Grete, ultimately also from Ancient Greek. A variant of Reet, Kreet, Grete.

Kreeta (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

1. a female given name

• IPA^(key): /ˈkreːtɑ/, [ˈkre̞ːt̪ɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -eːtɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Kree‧ta
• Hyphenation^(key): Kree‧ta

From Ancient Greek Κρήτη (Krḗtē).

Kreeta

1. Crete

• kreetalainen

Swedish Greta and Margareta, ultimately also from Ancient Greek. A variant of Reeta, Reetta.

Kreeta

1. a female given name
   • 1864, Aleksis Kivi, Nummisuutarit, SKS, published 1956, act I:

     Kreeta! pääni pyörään käy, koska muistelen, että kohta olen yhtä kanssas, eli toisin, minä tulen sinuksi ja sinä minuksi, sanalla sanoen, Esko on Kreeta ja Kreeta on Esko; ja kutsukoot meitä sitten joko Eskokreetaksi eli Kreetaeskoksi.

     Kreeta! my head feels like spinning, as I remember how I am one with you, that is to say, I become you and you me, and so to say, Esko is Kreeta and Kreeta is Esko, and let us be called Eskokreeta or Kreetaesko.

   • 1870 Aleksis Kivi, Seitsemän veljestä (Seven Brothers): Chapter 3 (Translation 1991 by Richard A. Impola):

     Kaisan huulet massahtelee, / Napsuttelee kirves; / Kreeta-muori Kaisan kynsiss’ / Juttuu hampaat irviss’.

     On her cupping tool / Kaisa smacks her lip. / Greta talks through gritted teeth, / Squirming in her grip.

• Kreeta is the 1048^th (tied with 3 other names) most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 150 female individuals (and as a middle name to 232 more), according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

• kareet, rakeet