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 [ 4 syll. o-ria-na, or-i-ana ] The girl name Oriana is pronounced aoRiyAENah KEY. Oriana's language of origin is Old French. It is predominantly used in the English and Italian languages. The name means 'gold; sunrise, dawn'. The name could be derived from the Old French or Spanish oro ('gold'), which is related to the Latin aurum ('gold'). It could also be from the Latin oriri ('to rise') thus meaning 'sunrise' or 'dawn'. The alternative derivations may be connected via the Indoeuropean toot word ori ('rising or color of the sun'). The name was popular in the 16th century, when the English queen Elizabeth I was referred to as Oriana as a poetic name. Variants of Oriana include Ariane (Dutch, German, French, and English), Oralia (English), Orelda (English), Orelle (English), Oriane (French), Orianne (French), Orlann (English), and Orlene (English). Orianna (variant spelling in English) is another form of Oriana. Oriana is a rare baby girl name. It is not listed in the top 1000. Baby names that sound like Oriana include Orianna (English), Ariana (Dutch, German, Albanian, English, French, and Italian), Arianna (Italian and Greek), Aryana (Iranian), Aryanna (English), Iriana (English), Oriane (French), Orianne (French), Orina (Russian), Orino (Japanese), Oryna (Russian), Arina (Russian), Armina (English), Armine (English and French), Arnina (Hebrew), Eirini (Greek), Orna (Hebrew), Aaren (English), Aren (English), and Arin (English). KEY: Pronunciation for Oriana: AO as in "ought (AO.T)" ; 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)"   |
