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Aretha - name meaning, origin|
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The girl's name Aretha \a-re-tha\ is pronounced a-REE-thah. It is of Greek origin, and its meaning is "excellence; righteous". Singer Aretha Franklin, the "goddess of soul".
Aretha has 14 variant forms: Areta, Arete, Arethusa, Aretina, Aretta, Arette, Arletha, Laretha, Oreta, Oretha, Oretta, Orette, Reatha and Retha.
Baby names that sound like Aretha are Artha and Ertha.
Aretha is a very common first name for women (#1260 out of 4276) but an uncommon last name for both men and women. (1990 U.S. Census)
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