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Arete - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Arete

[ syll. a-re-te, ar-ete ] The girl name Arete is pronounced aaRIYT- KEY. Arete's origin is Latin, and its use, Greek. Arete is a 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 (English and French) 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), Orit (Hebrew), Ardea (Greek), Ardita (Albanian), Areta (English), Aretta (English), Artë (Albanian), and Orietta (Italian).

KEY: 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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