Aretha

Aretha meaning and name origin

Aretha \a-re-tha\ as a girl's name is pronounced a-REE-thah. It is of Greek origin, and the meaning of Aretha 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.

Popularity of Aretha

Aretha is a very popular first name for women (#1260 out of 4276) but an uncommon surname or last name for all people. (1990 U.S. Census)

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