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[theophanusophia.livejournal.com]

Today a nurse at my dentist's had the name Arite (pronounciation with IPA: [aʁi:tə]). Does anybody know this name or where it comes from?

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[sayga.livejournal.com]

I haven't seen it before, and I've forgotten my IPA alphabet pronunciation. Is that a schwa at the end. Ari-tuh? That first syllable: is it pronounced like the English words air or are?

[theophanusophia.livejournal.com]

English is not my first language so it's not so easy to write pronounciation in "normal" letters :) But I'll try:
First syllable is like aree (ee like in feel), second syllable sounds like the English the but with a single t instead of th.

[jeweledvixen.livejournal.com]

Basically like the letters R-E-T? That's not my style at all. Is this an ethnic name?

[neroli.livejournal.com]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arete