Ariana is a first name typically given to girls, but in rare cases also used as a boys name.
The first name Ariana is one of the top 100 most popular girls names in the US – currently at #61 in our SmartGenius ranking. Over 1,000 babies each year are named Ariana, accounting for approximately 0.30 % of all newborn girls. In the entire USA, approximately 111,126 people – children, adults and seniors – currently bear the name Ariana. That is 0.03 % of all living Americans.
The first name Ariana comes from ancient Greek and is derived from the words ‘ari’ and ‘hagnos’. In addition to the translation ‘the pure’, the name means ‘coming from the city of Adria’. Ariana is the English variant of Ariadne, who in Greek mythology is the daughter of King Minos of Crete.
Ariadne helped the hero Theseus... navigate the labyrinth to kill the Minotaur, a creature that was half-man and half-bull, with a ball of thread, which he used to mark his path. The term 'Ariadne's thread' has come to be used as a metaphor for any solution to a complex problem that appears to have no solution.
Ariana Grande (*1993)
Ariana Grande-Butera, better known as Ariana Grande, began her career as a child star in the Nickelodeon television series 'Victorious' (2010 - 2013) and later had a major role in the series 'Sam & Cat' (2013 - 2014). Her music career began in 2013 with the release of her debut album 'Yours Truly'. Since then, she has released numerous successful albums, including 'My Everything' (2014) and 'Sweetener' (2018), both of which were nominated for Grammy Awards.
Ariana Kukors (*1989)
Ariana Kukors is a former US swimmer and former world record holder in the 200 m butterfly. She started swimming at the age of six. Kukors was an accomplished competitive swimmer who competed in the U.S. and World Championships. She won the gold medal in the 200-meter butterfly at the 2006 Pan Pacific Championships in Victoria. After her career as an active swimmer, Kukors worked as a coach and trainer.
Ariana Nozeman (1626/28 - 1661)
Ariana Nozeman was the first professional actress in the Netherlands. She debuted on the Amsterdam stage in 1655. At that time, women's roles were mostly played by men. She received 76.50 guilders for 17 performances, making her fee higher than most male actors. She even earned more than her husband, the master comedian Gillis Nozeman, because she used her own expensive costumes. In addition to these achievements, she was also the first woman to perform as a ballet dancer and, together with her husband, the first acting couple in Dutch theater history.
Ariana DeBose (*1991)
As a child, Ariana DeBose performed in Broadway shows such as 'The Lion King' and 'Bring in 'Da Noise, Bring in 'Da Funk'. DeBose has appeared in several successful Broadway productions, including 'A Bronx Tale' (2016 -2017), 'Hamilton' (2015), and 'Summer: The Donna Summer Musical' (2017 -2018). She is also known for her appearances in television shows and films, including the remake of 'West Side Story' (2021). She has received numerous awards and nominations.
When you hear the name Ariana, you might first think of a woman or a girl. But did you know that there are also places with the name Ariana? Are you also called Ariana? Maybe one day you will visit the places that are named just like you...
(literally, land of the Aryans) was a term used by Greek and Roman geographers to refer to a historical region between Persia and India, roughly the area of modern Afghanistan.
Ariana is a city in northern Tunisia whose urban area is part of the agglomeration of the Tunisian capital, Tunis. It is the capital of the homonymous governorate of Ariana.
(Mount Ariana) is a mountain in East Timor, located in Suco Uatu Haco (Venilale District, Baucau Municipality). It is located northwest of the village of Ariana.
is an artificial lake in the center of the Bulgarian capital Sofia, named after the restaurant 'Ariana', which was located on an island in the lake until the early 1970s.
There are only 537 different women’s names registered in every single state in the U.S., and Ariana is one of them. However, Ariana is not equally widespread in all states, but people in Nevada seem to particularly fancy this name – the 1,173 women called Ariana who live here are 0,263% of all female residents and push their name up to #82, easily placing it in the top 100 most common female names in Nevada.
Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter A is the most popular first letter for girls’ names. 11.8% of all common girls’ names in the US start with this letter. The second most common first letter in girls' names is S.
With six letters, the name Ariana is of average length. In fact, 28% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly six letters. 24% of all first names are shorter, while 48% have seven letters or more. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.
That means that if 11.8% of all girls' names start with an A, this initial letter occurs over three times as often as all other letters on average. And, by the way, of all the girls' names that begin with the letter A, the name Ashley is the most common.
If your name is Ariana and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...
So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Ariana, you can simply say:
Apple
Rocket
Igloo
Apple
Nut
Apple
Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.
Ariana
Ariana
Just use American Sign Language!
These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.
A
R
I
A
N
A
In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.
A
R
I
A
N
A
In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Ariana sounds like this:
