Can i supply the AREF pin with an Analog pin from the same board?
With an input voltage between 0 and 2.2 V, you can use a 2:1 voltage divider to cut the voltage in half.  In your code, use analogReference(INTERNAL) to set the analog reference voltage to 1.1 V.  The 1.1 V internal reference voltage is created by a bandgap circuit so is reasonably accurate.

To make the voltage divider, put two equal resistors (eg 10KΩ each) in series; connect one end of the series to your input voltage, the other end to ground, and the mid-point to an analog input pin.