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 [ 4 syll. a-ria-dne, ar-iad-ne ] The girl name Ariadne is pronounced as EHRiyAEDNiy KEY. Ariadne is mainly used in German and its language of origin is Old Greek. Ariadne is of the meaning very holy woman. Derived from the elements 'ari' which means most, very ; 'hagnos' which means pure, chaste. Ariadne was the daughter of the Cretan king Minos in Greek mythology. According to legend, she gave the Athenian hero Theseus a ball of thread to help him escape the Labyrinth after killing the Minotaur. She later married the god Dionysius, who after her death cast the crown he had given her into the sky, where it became a constellation. Saint Ariadne was a 2nd-century Phrygian martyr who popularized the name among the early Christians. In recent times, forms of the name have been made known through the Ariane family of European rockets operated by the French company Arianespace. The German, Polish, and Spanish Ariadna, the Dutch, German, Albanian, English, French, and Italian Ariana, the Dutch, German, French, and English Ariane, the Albanian Arianë, the Italian and Greek Arianna, the English and French Arianne, and the French Arienne are variant forms of the name. Another variant of Ariadne is the Spanish short form Ari. Ariadne is not popular as a baby name for girls. It is not in the top 1000 names. Out of the group of girl names directly related to Ariadne, the Italian and Greek Arianna was the most commonly used in 2008. A baby name that sounds like Ariadne is the German, Polish, and Spanish name Ariadna. KEY: English pronunciation for Ariadne: EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; D as in "dee (D.IY)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"   |
