Aretta - name meaning and origin

The girl's name Aretta \a-retta, ar(et)-ta\ is a variant of Aretha (Greek), and the meaning of Aretta is "excellence; righteous".

The baby name Aretta sounds like Oretta, Arette and Areta. Other similar baby names are Aletta, Anetta, Arletta, Arnetta, Bretta and Gretta.

Aretta is a very rare 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 Aretta. Compare Aretta with related baby names.