I've encountered both Arieta and Arietta as people's last names, so to me this looks like it's part of the surname-as-first-name trend. I vastly prefer Ariella / Arielle.
Come to think of it, I'm not much of a fan of -etta names in general... and I tend to prefer -et to -ette as well (and also -el to -elle / -ella).
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