Ariana (name)
| Ariana | |
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| Pronunciation | ær.iˈæn.ə, ær.iˈɒ.nə[1] |
| Gender | Female |
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| See also | Ari, Aria, Anna, Ariane, Arianne, Arieana, Areanna, Arionna, Arriana, Aryonna, Aryanna, Arianna, Arihyona, Aryana, Ariadna, Ariadne, Arieanna, Aireanna, Ariya, Aryia[1] |
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Ariana is a feminine name. Arianna and Ariane are the two most common variations.[2]
Etymology
The name Ariana has the several possible following origins.
Ariana, the Latinized form of (Greek: ἡ 'Αρειανή/Arianē), was also a general geographical term used by some Greek and Roman authors of ancient period for a district of wide extent in Central Asia,[3] comprising the eastern part of the Persian kingdom, now all of Afghanistan, north east of Iran and southeast of Tajikistan .[4][5] The name of Iran originates from Aryānā meaning "The Land of the Aryans".[6]
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,[7] and his queen Pasiphaë, daughter of Helios, the Sun-titan,[8] from Greek mythology.
The name can also derive from the Welsh word 'arian', meaning silver.
Name days
- Czech: 18 September
- Latvian: 22 February
Popularity
In the United States, the name Ariana was listed as the seventy-eighth most popular name for babies in 2006, with Arianna at seventy-seven.[9]
Notables
- Ariana Grande, American actress and singer
- Ariana Reines, poet and activist
- Ariana Richards, painter
- Ariana Dumbledore, a fictional character from J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series and a sister of Albus Dumbledore and Aberforth Dumbledore
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Behind the Name: Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Ariana
- ↑ Ariana - meaning of Ariana name
- ↑ Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography, William Smith, 1870, pp. 210, Aria'na
- ↑ The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2008
- ↑ 'Ărĭāna', Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Perseus Digital Library.
- ↑ http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/persianempiremaps/qt/Iran.htm
- ↑ Homer, Odyssey 11.320, Hesiod, Theogony 947, and later authors.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Popular Baby Names