Aretha Franklin (1942–2018) was an American singer, songwriter, and pianist.

Aretha may also refer to:

People Aretha Brown (born 2000), Indigenous Australian youth activist Aretha Teckentrup, British mathematician Aretha Thurmond (born 1976), American discus thrower

Arts and entertainment Aretha (1961 album), an album by Aretha Franklin with the Ray Bryant Combo Aretha (1980 album), an album by Aretha Franklin Aretha (1986 album), an album by Aretha Franklin "Aretha" (song), a song by British singer-songwriter Rumer Aretha (video game series), a Japanese role-playing video game series Aretha (video game), a 1990 Game Boy video game

See also Arethas (disambiguation) Retha, a given name