Aretta
Aretta is classified as a female given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
Confidence describes the weight of the source data, not a measured accuracy rate.
- Verdict
- Female
- Confidence
- Medium (source weight 8 to 63; not an accuracy rate)
- High source frequency in
- United States
- US records 1880–2017
- 0 male / 1,142 female
- Data
- nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
- Dataset built
- 2026-09-11
How to address Aretta
If you do not know Aretta’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Aretta,” in English, “Guten Tag Aretta,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.
Ready-made greetings in six languages
English
Dear Aretta,
German
Guten Tag Aretta,
French
Bonjour Aretta,
Spanish
Estimado/a Aretta:
Chinese
Aretta您好：
Japanese
Aretta様
English
Hi Aretta,
German
Hi Aretta,
French
Salut Aretta,
Spanish
Hola Aretta,
Chinese
Aretta你好：
Japanese
Arettaさん
This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.
Country breakdown
| Country | How common | Usually |
|---|---|---|
| United States | uncommon | woman's name |
United States birth data
0 male · 1,142 female · 1,142 births recorded
Records from 1980–2017: 0% male.
Frequently asked questions
Is Aretta a male or female name?
Aretta is classified as a female given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
How do I address Aretta in an email?
If you do not know Aretta’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Aretta,” in English, “Guten Tag Aretta,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.
Is Aretta a unisex name?
Aretta is classified as generally female in the combined dataset. This does not rule out other uses. Our categories describe the sources, rather than a complete survey of everyone with this name.
Related names
Sources
Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data (1880–2017), public domain. Classifications are not measured accuracy rates. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. US source data (babynames). Dataset built 2026-09-11; this is not a new collection date for the source records.
DearWho, "Is Aretta a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/aretta. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.
BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_aretta,
title = {Is Aretta a male or female name?},
author = {{DearWho}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/aretta},
note = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}