Ariana (name)

Ariana is a feminine Persian name, popular in many languages. Arianna and Ariane are the two most common variations.

Ariana
Pronunciationær.iˈæn.ə, ær.iˈɒ.nə[1]
GenderFemale
Origin
Word/nameAvestan, or Greek, or Welsh
MeaningThe land of Aryans
Region of originBactria
Other names
See alsoAri, Aria, Ariona, Ariane, Arianne, Arionna, Arianna, Aryana Ariadne[1]

Etymology

The name Ariana has the several possible following origins.

Ariana Ariana (Aryana), a term in classical history, from Latin Arianus, Ariana, from Greek Aria, Areia, names applied in classical times to the eastern part of ancient Persia and to its inhabitants. Ancient Persians used the name in reference to themselves (Old Persian ariya-), hence Iran. Ultimately from Sanskrit arya- "compatriot;" in later language "noble, of good family.", was a general geographical term used by some Greek and Roman authors of antiquity for an extensive territory in Central Asia,[2] comprising the eastern part of the Persian empire, now all of Afghanistan and a part of Iran and southeast of Tajikistan.[3][4] The name of Iran (Persia) originates from the Old Persian word ariyanem (Ariana) meaning "[The Land of] the Aryans".[5]

The name Arianna is also the Latinized form of the name Ariadne (Greek: Ἀριάδνη; Latin: Ariadna; "most holy", Cretan Greek αρι [ari] "most" and αδνος [adnos] "holy"), the daughter of Minos, King of Crete,[6] and his queen Pasiphaë, daughter of Helios, the Sun-titan,[7] from Greek mythology.

Ariana was first used in the English speaking world in the nineteenth century. It is also sometimes treated as a Welsh name, an elaboration of Welsh: arian “silver.”[8]

Name days
  • Greece: 18 September.[9]
  • Latvia: 22 February.[10]
  • Poland: 17 September.[11]
  • Russia: 1 October.[12]

Popularity

In the United States, the name Ariana peaked at 30th most popular name for baby girls in 2014, and was in the top 40th to 100th most popular names during the first and second decades of the 21st century.[13] Arianna also peaked in 2014, at 40th place, and was in the top 50 to low 100s range in the same period.[13] The names are 68th and 95th place for 2017.

Notable people

Ariana

Arianna

Ariane

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Fictional characters

See also

References
  1. Mike Campbell. "Behind the Name: Meaning, origin and history of the name Ariana". Behind the Name.
  2. "Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography". archive.org. Boston : Little, Brown. 1870.
  3. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2008
  4. "Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, A , Argynnus , Ărĭāna". tufts.edu.
  5. N.S. Gill. "Iran". About.com Education.
  6. Homer, Odyssey 11.320, Hesiod, Theogony 947, and later authors.
  7. Pasiphaë is mentioned as Ariadne's mother in Bibliotheke 3.1.2 (Pasiphaë, daughter of the Sun), in Apollonius' Argonautica iii.997, and in Hyginus Fabulae, 224.
  8. Sheard, K. M. (2011). Llewellyn's Complete Book of Names for Pagans, Wiccans, Witches, Druids, Heathens, Mages, Shamans & Independent Thinkers of All Sorts who are Curious about Names from Every Place and Every Time. ISBN 9780738723686.
  9. Name days: Greece
  10. Name days: Latvia
  11. Name days: Poland
  12. Namedays: Russia
  13. "Popular Baby Names". ssa.gov.
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