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This is also a flower name. Arethusa bulbosa is the Latin name of the dragon’s mouth orchid (also known simply as Arethusa), named after the mythological nymph.
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This name is gorgeous, I love it.
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According to Theoi.com, Arethusa means swift water
(ardô, thoos). http://www.theoi.com/Nymphe/NympheArethousa.html. [noted -ed]
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(ardô, thoos). http://www.theoi.com/Nymphe/NympheArethousa.html. [noted -ed]
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I love this name's meaning, but the name itself is a bit old lady-ish, though I did find it in a book on my family's genealogy, so that's probably where I got the association.
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Heavy. Too elaborate. Hate it.
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I agree, it is too heavy. Arethusa, Medusa. Names that end in "-usa", in my opinion, are too heavy for real people. For characters. Maybe.
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Arethusa was Harold Skimpole's blue-eyed Beauty daughter in "Bleak House" by Charles Dickens.
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The pronunciation is a-re-THOO-zah.
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