Given name & surname
Areta
“one who is virtuous; excellent”
Areta is a variant of Aretha. One Greek interpretation is “one who is virtuous; excellent.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Areta is a variant of Aretha. One Greek interpretation is “one who is virtuous; excellent.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Areta is a variant of Aretha. An origin associated with Aretha is Greek.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1914. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Areta through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 290
- 0 boys · 290 girls
- Most popular year
- 1927
- 11 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 1972. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 11 in 1927. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 263 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Areta’s family of names
Areta has a related form in Aretha. In Polish usage, Areta has a conventional equivalent in the English form Aretha.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Areta
- Arete of Cyrene4th-century BC Greek philosopher400 BC–340 BC
- Areta KonomiGreek volleyball playerborn 1989
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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