Ariana (name)

Ariana

Gender	Female
Other names
Related names	Ari, Aria, Anna, Ariane, Arianne, Arieana, Arionna, Arriana, Aryonna, Aryanna, Arianna, Aryana, Ariadna, Ariadne,Aireanna,Ariya,Aryia.

Ariana is a feminine name. Ariana and Arianna are the two most common variations.[1]. Other variants include Ariadna, Ariadne, Arijana, Ariane, Arianne, Arieana, Arionna, Arriana, Aryonna, and Aryanna, Aireanna.[2] Nicknames include Ari, Aria, Ana, Anna, and Ani.

Etymology

The English name is derived from the Italian form of the Greek name Ariadne, which means "most holy" (Cretan Greek αρι [ari] "most" and αδνος [adnos] "holy") and a Welsh name meaning silver (Welsh arian, "silvery").

The Persian name Ariana takes its root meaning from the word Aryan and means "light of the Aryans" or "of Aryan stock". The name was typically given to girls born among the Indo-Iranian peoples of Afghanistan and Iran.

Popularity

The names Ariana and Arianna are popular in Italy, Iran and Afghanistan.

In the United States, the name Ariana was listed as the No. 78 most popular name for babies in 2006, with Arianna at No. 77. [3]

For babies born in 2006, the spellings Ariana and Arianna ranked far ahead other spellings, such as Ariadna and Aryana. Below is a list from the Social Security Administration website of popular baby names that include and are similar to Ariana:

• Adriana = 106
• Adrianna = 179
• Aria = 661
• Ariana = 78
• Arianna = 77
• Aryana = 823
• Aryanna = 652
• Brianna = 20
• Mariana = 176
• Marianna = 689

This is how the popularity of Ariana has changed over the years as of January 1, 2008:

Year of birth =*Rank

• 2006 = *78
• 2005 = *83
• 2004 = *79
• 2003 = *85
• 2002 = *93
• 2001 = *92
• 2000 = *109
• 1999 = *130
• 1998 = *137
• 1997 = *138
• 1996 = *156
• 1995 = *163
• 1994 = *166
• 1993 = *190
• 1992 = *207
• 1991 = *192
• 1990 = *227
• 1989 = *278
• 1988 = *377
• 1987 = *428
• 1986 = *502
• 1985 = *538
• 1984 = *532
• 1983 = *509
• 1982 = *533
• 1981 = *538
• 1980 = *598

Note: Rank 1 is the most popular, rank 2 is the next most popular, and so forth. Name data are from Social Security card applications for births that occurred in the United States. [4]

Pronunciation

Pronunciation varies: /ɛɹi'ænə/, /ɛɹi'ʌnə/, /ʌɹi'ʌnə/, /ɑɹi'ænə/, /ɑɹi'ɑnə/

Famous Arianas or Ariannas

• Ariana Jollee, porn star [5]
• Ariana Duarte, Television News Reporter
• Arianna Huffington, politician/writer
• Arianna, singer [6]
• Ariana Ramhage, painter [www.ramhage.com]
• Ariana Richards, painter
• Ariana Basco, sister of actor brothers Darion, Derek, Dion, and Dante Basco
• Ari Up, musician
• Ariana Dumbledore, sister of Albus Dumbledore in the Harry Potter books
• Ariana Dubynin, actress
• Princess Ariane of the Netherlands, youngest daughter of the Dutch Crown Prince Wilhelm-Alexander and Princess Maxima and the granddaughter of Queen Beatrix.

Other uses of the name

• Ariana Afghan Airlines
• Arriana (Αρριανά), municipality in the Rhodope Prefecture, Greece
• Ariana or Aryana is an alternate name for Aria/Ariane, a Satrapy of the Achaemenid Empire of Iran. It is a typical female name in Persian, which means 'of Aryan stock' or 'light of the Aryans'.
• Ariana, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A., an American rock band.
• Ariana, a Bulgarian beer brand
• Ariana Television
• Aryanah (Ariana; Arabic: أريانة) is a coastal city in northeastern Tunisia. It is located at around 36°51′45″N, 10°11′44″E
• Ariana Governorate (Arabic: ولاية أريانة) is one of the twenty-four governorates (provinces) of Tunisia. It is situated in northern Tunisia. It has a population of 422,000 (2004 census). The capital is Aryanah.

Uses of Arianna include:

• L'Arianna, a lost opera by Claudio Monteverdi

References

• Google Trends: Ariana, Arianna
• Social Security Administration: Popular Baby Names