Arianna

“Variant of Ariadne — Most holy” — Greek origin

Girl's name · #234 in the US (2025) · 2010s

Arianna's best rank, #40, came in 2014; it has stepped well back to #234 today. Roughly 104,000 girls have been named Arianna since 1963. Ari is a short form of Arianna. Together with its spelling variant Ariana (#128), Arianna would rank around #66 with about 3,500 births last year — the newborns split about 63/37 between Ariana and Arianna. A popular twin pairing with Arianna is Brianna for a girl.

Around the world: about 1 in 400 girls in Puerto Rico (2025) · about 1 in 1,100 girls in Scotland (2025) · about 1 in 1,500 girls in N. Ireland (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 43 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Ariannas

Arianna Huffington — Greek and American businesswoman (born 1950)
Arianna Fontana — Italian short track speed skater
Arianna Errigo — Italian foil fencer (1988-)
Arianna Caruso — Italian association football player
Arianna Follis — Italian cross-country skier and ski mountaineer

In stories & tradition

Arianna Hernandez — Days of Our Lives
Arianna Barde — Professor Layton and the Last Specter

What Ariannas become

Among 215 notable people named Arianna:

Sports figures appear 1.95× more often than among typical names — e.g. Arianna Fontana, Italian short track speed skater.

Similar names: Ariana · Gabriella · Arianny · Mariana · Brielle · Gianna

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