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Arete - Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Arete

[ syll. a-re-te, ar-ete ] The girl name Arete is pronounced aaRIYT- †. Arete's origin is Old Greek and Latin, and its use, Greek.

Arete is a variation of Aretha (English).

Arete is also a Greek variation of Grace (English and French).

Arete is not widely used as a baby name for girls. It is not listed within the top 1000 names. In 2008, within the group of girl names directly related to Arete, Grace was the most regularly used.

Baby names that sound like Arete include Ardath (English), Arditë (Albanian), Ardith (English), Arette (French), Arta (Albanian), Artha, Artie (English), Oretha (English), Orette, Orit (Hebrew), Ardea (Greek), Ardita (Albanian), Areta (English), Aretta (English), Artë (Albanian), Aurita, Oreta, Oretta, Orthia (Greek), and Orietta (Italian).



† approx English pronunciation for Arete: AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)"


 
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