Girl's name
Ariana
Say it ar-ee-AH-nuh
Greek origin most holy
4 syllables
Where Ariana is loved, common and rare
Common across Ontario and two more places. Rare in Switzerland, four German cities, British Columbia and 15 more places.
1 in 1,025 girls born in England and Wales in 2025
Ontario 90thSwitzerland 108thCologne 112th
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Every place
In 24 of the 40 official lists, among them Ontario (90th), Switzerland (108th) and Cologne (112th).
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| Place | Rank | Girls | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ontario province | 90th 2024 | 110 | about 1 in 495 |
| Victoria state | 90th 2025 | 70 | rank only |
| Switzerland | 108th 2025 | 65 | 1 in 523 |
| Cologne city | 112th 2023 | 11 | about 1 in 558 |
| Munich city | 145th 2025 | 9 | about 1 in 466 |
| British Columbia province | 156th 2023 | 19 | about 1 in 629 |
| Austria | 158th 2025 | 38 | 1 in 940 |
| Poland | 162nd 2025 | 59 | 1 in 2,030 |
| Slovenia | 180th 2025 | 7 | about 1 in 944 |
| Berlin city | 200th 2023 | 15 | about 1 in 967 |
| England and Wales | 203rd 2025 | 247 | 1 in 1,025 |
| Ireland | 213th 2025 | 20 | 1 in 1,056 |
| Catalonia region | 215th 2025 | 18 | 1 in 1,071 |
| Scotland | 226th 2025 | 16 | 1 in 1,118 |
| Norway | 229th 2025 | 18 | 1 in 1,211 |
| The Netherlands | 265th 2025 | 55 | about 1 in 1,109 |
| Quebec province | 280th 2025 | 20 | about 1 in 1,300 |
| Sweden | 283rd 2025 | 26 | about 1 in 1,545 |
| Northern Ireland | 334th 2025 | 4 | 1 in 1,822 |
| France | 415th 2025 | 125 | 1 in 2,294 |
| Italy | 497th 2024 | 25 | 1 in 7,167 |
| Israel אריאנה | 526th 2024 | 17 | about 1 in 4,616 |
| Bonn city | 99th 2025 | 6 | about 1 in 502 |
| Leipzig city | 212th 2025 | 2 | about 1 in 1,312 |
Rare, below the listed names: New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, New Zealand, Rostock, Spain and Hungary.
Not in a short top list, so no figure: Nova Scotia (top 21), Denmark (top 50), Finland (top 50), Iceland (top 10), Estonia (top 25), Moscow (top 61), Turkey (top 30), Argentina (top 20) and Croatia (top 50).
Germany publishes no national statistics on first names. German figures here are city lists (Berlin, Munich, Cologne, Bonn, Leipzig, Rostock), never the country.
Israel publishes names in Hebrew script. The Latin spelling shown is our transliteration; the published form is shown beside it.
Sources: Ontario Office of the Registrar General (Ontario Data Catalogue) (Ontario); Registry of BDM Victoria (DataVic) (Victoria); Bundesamt für Statistik (BFS) / Office fédéral de la statistique (OFS) (Switzerland); Stadt Köln, Standesamt (offenedaten-koeln.de) (Cologne); Landeshauptstadt München, Statistisches Amt (opendata.muenchen.de) (Munich); BC Vital Statistics Agency (BC Data Catalogue) (British Columbia); Statistik Austria (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1) (Austria); Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji, rejestr PESEL (dane.gov.pl) (Poland); Statistični urad Republike Slovenije (SURS), SiStat (Slovenia); BerlinOnline GmbH; Landesamt für Bürger- und Ordnungsangelegenheiten (LABO) / Standesämter (Berlin); Office for National Statistics (England and Wales); Central Statistics Office (CSO) (Ireland); Idescat (Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya) (Catalonia); National Records of Scotland (Scotland); Statistics Norway (SSB) (Norway); Sociale Verzekeringsbank (SVB) (the Netherlands); Retraite Québec (Banque de prénoms, Données Québec) (Quebec); Skatteverket (Swedish Tax Agency) (Sweden); NISRA (Northern Ireland); INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (édition 2025) (France); ISTAT, Contanomi (Italy); Central Bureau of Statistics (Israel) (Israel); Bundesstadt Bonn, Standesamt (opendata.bonn.de) (Bonn); Stadt Leipzig, Standesamt (opendata.leipzig.de) (Leipzig). How we count, and every source
About the name
Arianna, Ariane and Arianne are all forms of the Greek name Ariadne, 'most holy', and Ariana is a modern simplification of them. It has sometimes been confused with Adriana and Adrienne, and by folk etymology it has been linked to Welsh arian, 'silver'.
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Its four syllables, ar-ee-AH-nuh, give it a flowing rhythm. Aríana is an accented spelling, Arianna and Aryana are variants, and Aria and Riana are related names.
Ariana is used in Ontario, Victoria and British Columbia, and in Switzerland, Austria and Poland. The Ontario and British Columbia records place its peak in 2015, and its trend is now evenly balanced.
Meaning, origin, pronunciation
- Pronounced
- ar-ee-AH-nuh, 4 syllables
- Meaning
most holy
- Origin
- Greek
- Other spellings
- Arianna
- Adriana
- Aria
- Riana
- Ariane
- Ariena
- Oriana
- Aryana
- Arianne
Counted together here: Aríana.
Etymology
Modern simplification of Arianna, Ariane and Arianne, all forms of the Greek name Ariadne ("most holy"; Cretan Greek αρι (ari) "most" and αδνος (adnos) "holy"). There has been some confusion with the similar sounding Adriana and Adrienne. By folk etymology also associated with Welsh arian (“silver”).
From the Wiktionary entry, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened.
Over time
Over five years: rising in 7 of 23 regions, falling in 8.
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Rank in each place since 1996; higher on the chart is more popular.
Ten years of ranks
Her rank each year, English-speaking regions first. A blank means no published rank for her that year.
| Region | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England and Wales | 124 | 104 | 119 | 126 | 142 | 142 | 141 | 158 | 176 | 203 |
| Scotland | 94 | 108 | 104 | 168 | 148 | 177 | 238 | 185 | 193 | 226 |
| Northern Ireland | 137 | 190 | 119 | 178 | 212 | 164 | 218 | 209 | 407 | 334 |
| Ireland | 163 | 233 | 196 | 171 | 229 | 165 | 164 | 262 | 232 | 213 |
| Ontario | 65 | 74 | 56 | 79 | 92 | 96 | 91 | 106 | 90 | |
| British Columbia | 113 | 93 | 117 | 99 | 115 | 123 | 159 | 156 | ||
| New South Wales | 56 | 69 | 54 | 60 | 72 | 72 | 85 | 84 | 92 | |
| Victoria | 83 | 86 | 73 | 69 | 87 | 71 | 84 | 98 | 82 | 90 |
| Queensland | 98 | |||||||||
| South Australia | 96 | 49 | 52 | 63 | 57 | 78 | ||||
| New Zealand | 89 | 74 | ||||||||
| Quebec | 218 | 196 | 168 | 226 | 232 | 230 | 266 | 216 | 259 | 280 |
| France | 775 | 548 | 454 | 459 | 514 | 505 | 414 | 429 | 441 | 415 |
| The Netherlands | 304 | 308 | 367 | 369 | 443 | 311 | 305 | 346 | 265 | |
| Austria | 235 | 197 | 171 | 138 | 135 | 165 | 142 | 121 | 127 | 158 |
| Switzerland | 91 | 102 | 91 | 99 | 81 | 84 | 102 | 87 | 88 | 108 |
| Berlin | 283 | 235 | 153 | 172 | 245 | 206 | 204 | 200 | ||
| Munich | 142 | 120 | 178 | 208 | 196 | 157 | 172 | 170 | 145 | |
| Cologne | 236 | 249 | 191 | 206 | 160 | 132 | 213 | 112 | ||
| Bonn | 314 | 365 | 114 | 158 | 96 | 75 | 181 | 236 | 223 | 99 |
| Leipzig | 193 | 116 | 405 | 186 | 178 | 212 | ||||
| Rostock | 202 | 197 | 187 | 174 | ||||||
| Norway | 222 | 198 | 166 | 242 | 151 | 204 | 209 | 192 | 248 | 229 |
| Sweden | 237 | 281 | 309 | 348 | 315 | 310 | 415 | 352 | 300 | 283 |
| Iceland | 181 | 83 | ||||||||
| Catalonia | 191 | 217 | 174 | 244 | 258 | 234 | 229 | 339 | 227 | 215 |
| Italy | 365 | 404 | 437 | 453 | 359 | 497 | ||||
| Poland | 175 | 185 | 171 | 158 | 164 | 151 | 170 | 169 | 142 | 162 |
| Slovenia | 129 | 105 | 151 | 116 | 103 | 132 | 117 | 81 | 88 | 180 |
| Moscow | 61 | 54 | ||||||||
| Israel | 747 | 648 | 723 | 951 | 747 | 533 | 943 | 526 |
England and Wales, 1996 to 2025
| Year | Rank | Girls | per 100,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 203 | 247 | 97.5 |
| 2024 | 176 | 279 | 108.1 |
| 2023 | 158 | 322 | 125.5 |
| 2022 | 141 | 352 | 133.6 |
| 2021 | 142 | 354 | 129.2 |
| 2020 | 142 | 359 | 133.7 |
| 2019 | 126 | 410 | 146.4 |
| 2018 | 119 | 458 | 158.9 |
| 2017 | 104 | 524 | 175.2 |
| 2016 | 124 | 475 | 154.7 |
| 2015 | 123 | 476 | 154.6 |
| 2014 | 144 | 382 | 124.6 |
| 2013 | 186 | 282 | 91.4 |
| 2012 | 233 | 216 | 67.1 |
| 2011 | 332 | 145 | 45.1 |
| 2010 | 390 | 115 | 35.8 |
| 2009 | 364 | 119 | 38.0 |
| 2008 | 360 | 122 | 38.6 |
| 2007 | 519 | 71 | 23.2 |
| 2006 | 502 | 75 | 25.1 |
| 2005 | 625 | 50 | 17.3 |
| 2004 | 559 | 56 | 19.6 |
| 2003 | 607 | 48 | 17.2 |
| 2002 | 799 | 31 | 11.6 |
| 2001 | 732 | 34 | 12.7 |
| 2000 | 969 | 22 | 8.1 |
| 1999 | 721 | 32 | 11.4 |
| 1998 | 1571 | 11 | 3.8 |
| 1997 | 983 | 21 | 7.2 |
| 1996 | 1005 | 20 | 6.8 |
Sources: Office for National Statistics (1996-2025), OGL v3.
Ontario and British Columbia since 1925
Half of the babies named Ariana in Ontario and British Columbia since 1925 were born in or after 2013. First recorded in 1983. Her peak year there: 2015, at 308.8 per 100,000 girls.
Babies named Ariana per 100,000 girls born in Ontario and British Columbia, by five-year period. Her 2015 peak is averaged into its five-year period, so the line sits below it.
Sources: Ontario Office of the Registrar General (Ontario Data Catalogue) (1917-2024), OGL-Ontario; BC Vital Statistics Agency (BC Data Catalogue) (1924-2023), OGL-BC.
Sister names for Ariana
1 in 1,041 in Northern Ireland
Rose and fell with Ariana. Same first letter as Ariana.
1 in 132 in Scotland
1 in 190 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Ariana.
1 in 202 in Northern Ireland
Rose and fell with Ariana.
1 in 347 in Northern Ireland
Rose and fell with Ariana.
1 in 307 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Ariana.
1 in 743 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Ariana.
1 in 778 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Ariana.
1 in 99 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Ariana.
Similar forms, not dealt separately: Sofia, Sofie and Sofija.
1 in 436 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Ariana.
Middle names for Ariana
1 in 107 in Northern Ireland
Ariana Charlotte
4-2 beats · initials AC
Changes the beat after Ariana: 4 syllables, then 2 syllables.
1 in 86 in Ireland
Ariana Sophie
4-2 beats · initials AS
Changes the beat after Ariana: 4 syllables, then 2 syllables.
1 in 57 in Northern Ireland
Ariana Grace
4-1 beats · initials AG
Changes the beat after Ariana: 4 syllables, then 1 syllable.
1 in 311 in Ireland
Ariana Maria
4-3 beats · initials AM
Changes the beat after Ariana: 4 syllables, then 3 syllables.
1 in 102 in Ireland
Ariana Mia
4-2 beats · initials AM
Changes the beat after Ariana: 4 syllables, then 2 syllables.
1 in 132 in Northern Ireland
Ariana Ruby
4-2 beats · initials AR
Changes the beat after Ariana: 4 syllables, then 2 syllables.
1 in 214 in Northern Ireland
Ariana Rose
4-1 beats · initials AR
Changes the beat after Ariana: 4 syllables, then 1 syllable.
1 in 78 in Northern Ireland
Ariana Emily
4-3 beats · initials AE · Ariana slides into Emily: vowel meets vowel.
Changes the beat after Ariana: 4 syllables, then 3 syllables. Ariana slides into Emily: vowel meets vowel.
Same style as Ariana
Names whose popularity rose and fell with hers across regions and decades.
1 in 189 in Ireland
96% alike: moves with Ariana across countries and decades.
1 in 188 in Scotland
96% alike: moves with Ariana across countries and decades.
1 in 141 in Scotland
96% alike: moves with Ariana across countries and decades.
1 in 208 in Northern Ireland
95% alike: moves with Ariana across countries and decades.
1 in 108 in Scotland
95% alike: moves with Ariana across countries and decades.
1 in 132 in Scotland
95% alike: moves with Ariana across countries and decades.
1 in 347 in Northern Ireland
95% alike: moves with Ariana across countries and decades.
1 in 201 in Scotland
94% alike: moves with Ariana across countries and decades.
Famous people named Ariana
Ariana Grande, Ariana DeBose, Ariana Greenblatt, Ariana Richards and Ariana Washington.
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American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1993)
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American actress born 1991
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American sprinter born 1996
People: Wikidata (CC0), linked to Wikipedia in this page's language when an article exists.
Questions about Ariana
5 questions, on how popular she is, what it means, how to say it, whether she is rising and sister names.
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How popular is Ariana?
Her best rank is No. 90 in Ontario in 2024, about 1 in 495 girls. She is in the published lists of 24 of our 40 regions.
What does Ariana mean?
Wiktionary glosses Ariana as "most holy".
How do you pronounce Ariana?
ar-ee-AH-nuh, with 4 syllables.
Is Ariana getting more popular?
Over five years: rising in 7 of 23 regions, falling in 8.
Which sister names go with Ariana?
The deck's top five sisters for Ariana: Anastasia, Maya, Zoe, Eden and Eliza. Each is scored on style, era, popularity and origin, with sound clashes flagged.