Arethusa

ah-REH-thoo-sah

Greek

"quick water"

Arethusa Origin and Meaning

Variation of Aretha

The name Arethusa in Pop Culture

• Arethusa daughter of the king in Beaumont and Fletcher's play Philaster (1611)
• Arethusa Laura and Kitty ("Beauty; Sentiment and Comedy"), Harold Skimpole's daughters in Bleak House (1853) by Charles Dickens
• Arethusa by Percy Bysshe Shelley quoted by Princess Ann (Audrey Hepburn) as her favourite poem in Roman Holiday (1953)