Ariane

Where Ariane comes from

From French Ariane, from Ancient Greek Ἀριάδνη (Ariádnē).
— Wiktionary's entry for Ariane
  • Ancient Greek
  • French
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1939
    Ariane Mnouchkine born
    French theater and film director, theater director and author
  2. 1952
    First appearance
    #4,908 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1954
    Ariane Ascaride born
    French actress
  4. 1978
    Peak, #887
    164 babies named Ariane — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1992
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,908.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Ancient Greek or French.
Namesakes
  • Ariane Mnouchkine · French theater and film director, theater director and author, born 1939
  • Ariane Ascaride · French actress, born 1954
  • Ariane Friedrich · German high jumper, born 1984
  • Ariane Labed · French actress, born 1984
  • Ariane Hingst · German association football player, born 1979

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.