Ariana

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Arianna in US United States, IT Italy, CA Canada and 10 more and אריאנה in IL Israel.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 8 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Ariana is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name212K records spelled Ariana37 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Ecuador, Brazil, Australia

  Languages: English, German, Norwegian Bokmål

  Also written Aeriana, Ari'Ana, A'Riana, Aryanah, Ârîâńâ

• Russian given name17K records spelled Ariana69 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Russia, Kazakhstan, Croatia, Poland

  Languages: Russian, Croatian, Kazakh

  Also written Ариана, Arijana, Аріана, Арьяна, Arianna

• French given name14K records spelled Ariana11 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Spain, United States, Peru

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Aryanah, Ãrīånä, Arïànâ, Àriànà, Àrïâñà

• Indonesian given name13K records spelled Ariana5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Malaysia, Indonesia, United States, Peru

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Ariana', 'Ariana, Årîãnå

• Lao given name3.6K records spelled Ariana9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Laos, United States, Thailand, Peru

  Languages: Lao, Thai

  Also written อาเรียนา, Áriana, Arïänä, Ariänä, ArïaNä

• Hindi given name2.2K records spelled Ariana4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Malaysia, Peru, Bangladesh

  Languages: Hindi, Urdu, Bangla

  Also written Arîânâ

• Finnish given name2.2K records spelled Ariana5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, Estonia, United States, Peru

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Ärîaña, Ariänä, Arîänä

55 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Ariana is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, A female given name from Ancient Greek.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In French, Rattaché à la mythologie du Minotaure; évoque un « prodige » ou un « miracle ». Fête/nom non indiqué.

  as a name·Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

• In Italian, feminine singular of ariano

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Latvian, Sievietes vārds

  as a word·Tēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 65 years between 1957–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Ariana Harwiczb. 1977ARArgentinian writer
• Ariana Richardsb. 1979USAmerican artist
• Ariana Jolleeb. 1982USAmerican pornographic actress and director
• Ariana Savalasb. 1987USAmerican actress and musician
• Ariana Kukorsb. 1989USAmerican swimmer, Olympic athlete, world champion, world record-holder
• Ariana DeBoseb. 1991USAmerican actress
• Tiffany Trumpb. 1993USnot in their usual nameAmerican socialite, research assistant and reality television personality (born 1993)
• Ariana Marieb. 1993USAmerican pornographic actress
• Ariana Washingtonb. 1996USAmerican sprinter
• Ariana Greenblattb. 2007USAmerican actress

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 1,160 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Ariana?

We estimate roughly 157 thousand people bear Ariana (counting its spellings and scripts) across 12 countries in our records.

In which country does Ariana have the most bearers?

Ariana is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled ariana.

How common is Ariana compared with other names?

In Argentina, Ariana is the 395th most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.

Is Ariana a male or female name?

Ariana is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Ariana mean?

Recorded meaning: Ariana (a historical region of Central Asia; modern Afghanistan and surrounding regions)