Ariana

Modern simplification of Arianna, Ariane and Arianne, all forms of the Greek name Ariadne ("most holy"; Cretan Greek αρι (ari) "most" and αδνος (adnos) "holy"). There has been some confusion with the similar sounding Adriana and Adrienne.

• By folk etymology also associated with Welsh arian (“silver”).

• IPA^(key): /ɑːɹiˈænə/

Ariana

1. A female given name from Ancient Greek.

• Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: A Concise Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press 2001.

Borrowed from Latin Ariāna, from Ancient Greek Ἀριανή (Arianḗ).

Ariana

1. (historical) a general geographical term used by some Greek and Roman authors of ancient period for a district of wide extent between Central Asia and the Indus River, comprehending the eastern provinces of the Achaemenid Empire that covered entire modern-day Afghanistan, east and southeast of Iran, Tajikistan and northwestern Pakistan

• Arnaia

• Hyphenation: A‧ri‧a‧na

Ariana f

1. Ariana (a historical region in Central Asia; modern Afghanistan and surrounding regions)

Ariana f (plural Arianas)

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Ariana