How to say it
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/ˌɑr.iˈɑn.ə/
Feminine
Arianna
Most holy
What it means
Italian standard form of the same root as Ariana, from Greek Ariadnē ('most holy'). Double-N spelling marks the Italian tradition; Arianna Huffington (the journalist and Huffington Post founder) is the strongest English-language anchor.
Arianna is the Italian standard spelling (double N) of the same name as Ariana, from Greek Ariadnē ('most holy'). The double-N form is the original Italian and the form used in classical opera (Monteverdi's lost L'Arianna of 1608 was an early Baroque opera). Arianna Huffington (the Greek-American journalist who founded the Huffington Post in 2005) gave the name modern English-language anchor in the double-N spelling. The name has been in the US top 200 since 2007.
Popularity over time
peaked at #40 in 2014, currently #234 in 2025.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, names given to at least 5 babies in a year, 1880–present. See where the names are moving
Heads-up notes
- Spelling
Arianna (double N, the Italian standard) and Ariana (single N, the US standard via Ariana Grande) are the same name. Either is correct; spelling signals tradition.
Who's worn it
Historical figures, characters, and public faces who share the name. The cultural surface, for whatever weight you want to give it.
- Arianna Huffington Greek-American journalist, founder of the Huffington Post
Spelling variants
- Ariana
- Ariadne
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