Submitted NameRevisions Save Gender Feminine Usage English (Rare), Estonian, Literature Pronounced Pron. GREH-təl(English, Literature) [key] Edit Status Status [show contributorshide contributors] Added 4/3/2020 by anonymous Edited 7/27/2020 by Frollein Gladys Meaning & History English and Estonian variant of GRETEL. Grethel is the main character in Grimm's fairy tails 'Hansel and Grethel' and 'Clever Grethel'.