Gretel
Gretel is a German shortening of the given name Margarete, meaning "pearl".
Notable people with this given name include:
- Gretel, a fictional character in the Brothers Grimm fairy tale Hansel and Gretel
- Gretel Beer, Austrian-born English author of cooking books and travel reports and newspaper cookery writer
- Gretel Bergmann, German Jewish high jumper who was prevented from competing in the 1936 Berlin Olympics
- Gretel Ehrlich, American travel writer, poet, and essayist
- Gretel Grant-Gomez, a fictional character from the Disney Channel animated series Hamster & Gretel
- Gretel Killeen, Australian presenter
- Gretel Oberhollenzer-Rogger, Italian ski mountaineer
- Gretel Scarlett, Australian actress
- Gretel Tippett, Australian netball player and former WNBL basketball player