Annegret

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Girl · German compound

Annegret

Say it: AH-neh-grayt

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Meaning

Combination of Anna (Hebrew 'grace, favour') and Grete (from Margarete, Greek 'pearl').

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

A typical German compound name of the 1950s and 1960s.

Its wave through time

No birth counts are recorded for this name in the records loaded here: it has been given to fewer than five babies a year, or not at all, since records began.

Through the ages

The Modern Age1880 to today

Used by

German

Famous bearers

Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, German politician

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