Arete - name meaning and origin

The girl's name Arete \a-re-te\ is a variant of Aretha (Greek), and the meaning of Arete is "excellence; righteous".

The baby name Arete sounds like Arette and Areta. Other similar baby names are Arene and Grete.

Arete is a very rare female first name and is not used as a surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census). Displayed below is the baby name popularity trend for the girl's name Arete. Compare Arete with related baby names.