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 [ 4 syll. a-ria-na, ar-i-ana ] The girl name Ariana is pronounced as aaRiyAENah KEY. Ariana is primarily used in Dutch, German, Albanian, English, French, and Italian. Its language of origin is Latin, Old Greek, and Welsh. From Latin, Old Greek, and Welsh roots, its meaning is like silver - in this context, Ariana is usually used in the English language. The Japanese, Spanish, English, Albanian, and Kurdish Ari, the Dutch, German, French, and English Ariane, the English Ariann, and the English and French Arianne are forms of the name. In addition, Ariana is an Albanian, English, French, and Italian form of the German name Ariadne. Ariana is also a Dutch and German form of the Czech, English, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slavic, and Spanish name Adriana. The spelling variants Arieana (English) and Aryonna (English) are other forms of Ariana. Ariana is popular as a baby girl name, and it is also perceived as rather trendy. The name has been rising in popularity since the 1970s. At the modest peak of its usage in 2007, 0.204% of baby girls were named Ariana. It had a ranking of #73 then. In 2008, its usage was 0.188% and its ranking #81, and it was the most popular out of all girl names in its family. In 2008, Ariana was 44% more frequently used than the next ranked name, the Czech, English, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slavic, and Spanish Adriana. Baby names that sound like Ariana include the Italian and Greek Arianna, the English Aryanna, the Iranian Aryana, the English Iriana, the English and Italian Oriana, the English Orianna, the Russian Arina, the English Armina, the English and French Armine, the Hebrew Arnina, the Greek Eirini, the French Oriane, the French Orianne, the Russian Orina, the Japanese Orino, the Russian Oryna, the English Aaren, the English Aren, the English Arin, and the Gaelic Arinne. KEY: Pronunciation for Ariana: AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
