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Comments and insights on the name Arietta: | Edit

Pronounced "Air-EE-ET-ah" or sometimes "Ah-REE-ETT-ah"

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People often think my name is Harriet or Henrietta,

Nicknames for Arietta: | Edit

Airi, Ari or Etta

Meanings and history of the name Arietta: | Edit

Arietta is of Italian and Germanic origin, and it is predominantly used in the Italian language.

Italian origin: Literally from the element arietta meaning 'little aria'. The name is derived from the musical term arietta, which refers to a short aria.

German Origan: Female version of the name Ari. Ari means "Eagle".

Famous real-life people named Arietta: | Edit

Arietta Moon, British Wiccan High Priestess and founder of the Children of the Sacred Laughter, Co-Founder of the Moon River Tradition and leader of Broom Song Coven.

Arietta in song, story & screen: | Edit

In the manga Tales of the Abyss, Arietta is a timid girl who was raised by ligers after losing her parents to a tidal wave. She controls monsters and animals which aid her in battle and wishes to kill Luke's party for killing the liger queen that raised her. She resents Anise for supposedly taking away Ion (whom she was in love with), since Arietta had been the original Ion's Fon Master Guardian.