Meaning of the nameAriana

Female
Greek origin
A-ri-a-na

Ariana is a feminine name that Behind the Name gives as the Portuguese form of Ariadne, a Greek name possibly linked to 'the holiest'.

Meaning

“possibly 'the holiest' (form of Ariadne)”

Source: Behind the Name: Ariadne

People (2022): 23,256
Rank in Brazil: #964
Median age: 33 years
2010 Census: 23,038; people

Ariana in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Ariana, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1980s (11,577 people).

23,159 women 97 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Ariana is most common

States with the highest share of people named Ariana in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Alagoas 0.035%
Rio de Janeiro 0.019%
Amazonas 0.018%
Bahia 0.016%
Santa Catarina 0.015%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	5,074	0.011%
Rio de Janeiro	3,054	0.019%
Minas Gerais	2,481	0.012%
Bahia	2,278	0.016%
Santa Catarina	1,169	0.015%
Alagoas	1,105	0.035%
Paraná	853	0.008%
Pará	782	0.010%
Rio Grande do Sul	735	0.007%
Amazonas	702	0.018%
Goiás	667	0.010%
Maranhão	664	0.010%
Ceará	581	0.007%
Espírito Santo	538	0.014%
Pernambuco	524	0.006%
Mato Grosso do Sul	324	0.012%
Mato Grosso	297	0.008%
Paraíba	256	0.006%
Rio Grande do Norte	221	0.007%
Distrito Federal	220	0.008%
Piauí	206	0.006%
Sergipe	131	0.006%
Tocantins	94	0.006%
Roraima	85	0.013%
Rondônia	75	0.005%
Acre	74	0.009%
Amapá	66	0.009%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Ariana

Behind the Name presents Ariana as the Portuguese form of Ariadne, a Greek name that possibly means 'the holiest', from ari, 'most', and Cretan adnos, 'holy'; the same page says that some scholars consider this reading unlikely and propose a pre-Greek origin. In Portuguese, Ariana is also the name of a historical region of Central Asia, according to Wiktionary. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 23,256 people named Ariana, with a median age of 33. The name is almost always female, the largest number were born in the 1980s, and, proportionally, it is most common in Alagoas.

Sources

Behind the Name: Ariadne · behindthename.com · meaning
Behind the Name: Ariana · behindthename.com · origin
Wiktionary: Ariana · en.wiktionary.org · spelling
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Ariana · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Ariana

What does the name Ariana mean?

Ariana means “possibly 'the holiest' (form of Ariadne)”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Ariana in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 23,256 people with the first name Ariana, which ranks it number 964 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

Is Ariana a boy's or a girl's name?

Ariana is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 23,159 women and 97 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Ariana?

Ariana is a name of Greek origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Ariana most common?

Proportionally, in Alagoas: 0.035% of the state's population is named Ariana (1,105 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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