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Griet (female)

Variants:Greet (F) Gret (F)
Diminutive for:Margriet (F)
Pet Name(s):Grietja (F)
Pet Name for:Margarathe (F) Margaret (F)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes:

Low German, Dutch and Frisian short form of Margarathe/Margriet, variants of Margaret [q.v.], from Greek or Persian "pearl", now used as a given name.
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