Ariadne

Where Ariadne comes from

From Ancient Greek Ἀριάδνη (Ariádnē).
— Wiktionary's entry for Ariadne
  • Ancient Greek
  • 4 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 452
    Ariadne born
    Byzantine empress as the wife of Zeno and Anastasius I
  2. 1960
    First appearance
    #4,773 among girls, 8 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1986
    Ariadne Díaz born
    Mexican actress and model
  4. 2016
    Peak, #731
    389 babies named Ariadne — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2024
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,264.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Namesakes
  • Ariadne · Byzantine empress as the wife of Zeno and Anastasius I, 452–515
  • Ariadne Díaz · Mexican actress and model, born 1986
  • Ariadne von Schirach · German writer, born 1978
  • Ariadne Artiles · Spanish model, born 1982
  • Ariadne Hernández · Mexican Paralympian, born 1966

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.