Ariana · Daily fortune

Ariana is a feminine name that Behind the Name describes as the "Portuguese form of Ariadne", the name of the Cretan princess of Greek mythology. In English it is pronounced ar-ee-AN-ə or ar-ee-AHN-ə. Behind the Name says the name "steadily grew in popularity in America in the last few decades of the 20th century" and names the American pop singer Ariana Grande (born 1993) as a famous bearer. The spellings Aryana and Aryanna are listed as variants, and the Italian form Arianna is a separate, equally common spelling. In the United States Ariana ranked #128 for girls in 2025.

Behind the Name gives Ariana simply as the "Portuguese form of Ariadne", and lists its root elements as ari + adnos. The meaning of those Greek elements is not stated in the Ariana entry and was not checked against the Ariadne entry in this pass, so the profile stops at the derivation rather than offering a gloss. In English-speaking countries the name is a modern adoption: the entry labels its usage "Portuguese" and "English (Modern)" and attributes its American growth to the late 20th century.

Ariana ranked #128 for girls in the United States in 2025 (Social Security Administration). Behind the Name records that the name grew steadily in America over the last decades of the 20th century; the closely related Italian spelling Arianna ranked #234 in the same SSA file, so the two spellings together are more common than either rank alone suggests.

Ariana is a flowing four-syllable name with an open, vowel-rich sound and a stressed third syllable, which places it alongside other long romantic names ending in -ana and -anna. It has a distinctly contemporary, pop-culture association in the United States even though its source name is ancient.

Names that share Ariana's sound, its Ariadne origin or its long, romantic shape.