Ariana is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning “most holy.” In 2024 it was given to 2,569 girls in the United States.
Ariana at a glance
Gender
Girl name
Origin
Greek · English & American
Meaning
“most holy”
Pronunciation
/ɑːɹiˈænə/
About the name Ariana
Ariana belongs to the Greek and English & American tradition. Its meaning — “most holy” — is the sense carried by its Greek roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Ariana first appears in Social Security records in 1957. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #37 in 2014, and in 2024 2,569 babies received the name — 118,125 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.