ariana
/ɑːɹiˈænə/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.15 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
4
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A female given name from Ancient Greek.
name
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
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”).
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Ariāna, Ἀριανή