Girl · Greek
Areti
Say it: ah-REH-tee
Meaning
From Greek aretē 'virtue, excellence'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
A modern Greek virtue name.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 30 babies given this name since 1973
- At its height in 1973, about 1 in 182,300 girls
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Arete
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Where this comes from
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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