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Ariaunna
How to Pronounce Ariaunna
Pronounced ar-ee-AHN-uh /ˌɑːriˈɑːnə/Low
Meaning: Ariaunna is a decorative respelling of Arianna, the Italian form of the Greek Ariadne. The old name is generally traced to the elements ari, an intensifier, and hagne, 'holy, chaste,' giving 'most holy.' The extra u here is cosmetic; the meaning follows Arianna and Ariadne.Low
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U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Ariaunna is one of the flourish spellings of Arianna, the melodic Italian form of the Greek Ariadne, read as 'most holy.' Arianna climbed steadily as a girls' name in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, and inventive versions like Ariaunna followed in its wake without ever standing out on their own.
This spelling was always rare, given to only about fourteen girls a year at its peak in the late two-thousands and to barely more than a hundred all told. A girl named Ariaunna then is in her late teens now, at the far edge of the large Arianna trend.
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What does the name Ariaunna mean?
It is an elaborated spelling of Arianna, the Italian form of the Greek Ariadne, usually read as 'most holy.'
How do you pronounce Ariaunna?
It is said ar-ee-AHN-uh /ˌɑːriˈɑːnə/ - four syllables, stress on the third.
Is Ariaunna a boy or girl name?
Ariaunna is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Ariaunna?
It was always rare, peaking in a small way in the late two-thousands, well behind the standard Arianna.