Do you say GrEta or Greeeter?

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My Mum insists it's the latter, which has really put me off. It would never have occurred to me to pronounce it this way, but she is a German speaker, so perhaps that's the proper way of pronouncing it?

Also, what do you think of: Clara, Cassandra and Martha? Too popular?

In German it's more like Gray-te, but here I think you would get Gretter.

Sorry, should have been Gray-ta!

I love Clara and Martha, not keen on Cassandra personally. Don't think any of them are wildly popular.

I know a two year old, who's GrEta. And I think it's a beautiful (and still quite underused). I've never heard it said the other way, so that must be a German pronunciation.

From your other names, Clara is my favourite.

Have only ever heard GREta, DS (y7) has one in his class.
Don't know a single child with the other names.
I think all your choices are lovely, OP. And I especially like Cassandra. :)

I would say Greeeetah, and Gretter if it was spelt Gretta
Prefer Martha and Clara. I know one grown up Martha and one 4 year old, and no Claras. I love Cassie as a nn to Cassandra but not so keen on the full name. How about Kazia (prn Kaysha - polish origin I think)

I think in german it's ofter a shortening of Margreeta (MAR-Greeeter) so mayby thats why.

I use a short e, as in egg. So Gretta.

Around here there are tons of people called Greta-as-Greeta. I've never met a Greta-as-Gretta.

Second RitaMorgan with Gray-ta.

The child at my school with this name has her name pronounced gr-e-ta, with a short e sound.

Oh, and I love the name Martha

i would say gret-ta.
but clara is best of all (i have one!)

I love Clara, but DH is put off by the Mussolini connection (which is not what springs to mind when people hear it, if you ask me, but then he is a History Lecturer). And also Martha, but was worried that it was very popular these days.

I am slightly put off Greta by the pronounciation complexity. I have an Elsa and thought that was foolproof, but some people still call her 'Ailsa'...

The pronunciation thing is a language difference though - English speakers will say Gretta, German speakers will say Gray-ta, just as English speakers say Paula as Porla and German speakers say Powla.

I think Elsa and Greta are lovely together.

hmm, clara is also the name of Hitlers mother...

FWIW if ds had been a girl he'd have been an Elsa (to go with Kate and Clara!)