Ariana

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”).

Ariana

1. A female given name.

• Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: A Concise Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press 2001.

Borrowed from Latin Ariāna, from Ancient Greek [Term?].

Ariana

1. (historical) a general geographical term used by some Greek and Roman authors of ancient period for a district of wide extent between Central Asia and the Indus River, comprehending the eastern provinces of the Achaemenid Empire that covered entire modern-day Afghanistan, east and southeast of Iran, Tajikistan and northwestern Pakistan

• Arnaia

Ariana f

1. Ariana (a historical region in Central Asia; modern Afghanistan and surround regions)
2. A female given name, equivalent to English Ariana