Arianna
A rare name in Poland: most people here have never met an Arianna, and only about 600 carry it. But it's climbing, given to more girls now than in years past. It's the Italian form of a Greek name meaning "most holy".
Arianna Pronunciation
Arianna is pronounced ahr-YAHN-nah (/arˈjanna/).
What Arianna means
Where Arianna comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Arianna reaches Polish families through Italy, but its beginning is Greek. It is the Italian form of Ariadne, the princess of Crete who handed Theseus a thread to walk him back out of the labyrinth. The older name pairs the Greek "ari," most, with "hagne," holy. That reading gives us most holy.
Italy kept Ariadne in use for centuries and let the vowels open until Ariadne became Arianna. The Italian ear did the rest. The meaning of holiness settled onto the name over time, so a girl called Arianna carries a claim to the highest holiness with no myth attached to her.
On a Polish class register the name stands apart from the Zuzannas and Julias, three syllables that lean south toward Rome. Its name-day and even its spelling can shift from one urząd form to the next. What holds steady is the Greek sense underneath: most holy, święta.
How many people are named Arianna
1 in 37448 women in Poland is named Arianna. 602 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1215 among female names.
Arianna's popularity over time
21 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #497 among newborns. It is making a comeback after a low in 2008.
Where Arianna is most popular
Arianna is most popular in Greater Poland, 145% above the national average (22 girls born 2019–2025), followed by Lubusz (+93%) and West Pomeranian (+71%). It is least common in Lower Silesian and Podlaskie, 39% and 27% below average respectively.
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Greater Poland22 girls born+145%
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Lubusz4 girls born+93%
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West Pomeranian6 girls born+71%
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Masovian17 girls born+15%
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Pomeranian7 girls born+14%
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Lesser Poland10 girls born+6%
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Łódź5 girls born−5%
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Świętokrzyskie2 girls born−13%
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Subcarpathian4 girls born−20%
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Silesian7 girls born−26%
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Podlaskie2 girls born−27%
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Lower Silesian4 girls born−39%
Arianna as a middle name
Arianna is a first name for 602 women in Poland and a middle name for another 72, an 89/11 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 790th, between Aisha (72) and Dawn (72).
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#788 Zara73
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#789 Aisha72
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#790 Arianna72
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#791 Dawn72
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#792 Henrieta72