Aretha - Name Meaning and Origin

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 popular female first name and a very rare surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census). Displayed below is the baby name popularity trend for the girl's name Aretha. Click here to compare Aretha with related baby names.