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Arete

What does Arete mean?

Arete Pronunciation of Arete as a girls' name is of Greek derivation, and the meaning of Arete is "excellence; righteous". Arete is a version of Aretha (Greek): singer Aretha Franklin.

STARTS WITH Ar-

ASSOCIATED WITH greek, righteous

Variations

VARIANTS Orette, Arette

RELATED FORMS VIA ARETHA Areta, Aretina, Aretta, Arletha, Oreta, Oretha, Oretta

CREATIVE FORMS
(female) Arate, ..

(male) Aread, ..


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Arete Kenslee (A.K.), ..

How popular is Arete?

Arete is an uncommon given name for women. Arete is also a unique surname for both adults and children. (2000 U.S. CENSUS)

Which version is better?

Prominent varying forms of Arete (NOT RANKED) are Aretha, Aretta, Arletha and Oretha. These forms of Arete reached the peak of their popularity during 1960-1969, but now, the version Aretha has become less stylish. (TOP BABY NAMES, 2018)



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Aretha, Aretta, Arletha, Oretha in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Arete and related baby names outside U.S.

Similar Names

Arete is pronounced similarly to Ariette, Irit, Orit and Urit. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Abree, Adele, Adene, Agate, Agote, Alene, Aleta, Aletea, Alette, Amee, Anet, Aneta, Anett, Anette, Ardene, Arela, Areli, Arelie, Arelle, Arely, Aren, Arena, Arene, Argene, Arie, Ariele, Arlee, Arlene, Arlet, Arleta, Arleth, Arlette, Arlie, Arnett, Arnette, Arrie, Artie, Aurene, Brette, Grete and Grette. These names tend to be more frequently used than Arete.

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