Entry № 872 · Greek origin

Ariadne Ariadne — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ ar-ee-AD-nee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
Meaning
"Most holy"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Greek)

A name that means "most holy".

Ariadne comes from the Greek Ariádnē (Ἀριάδνη), meaning "most holy" — from ari (intensifier) and hagnos (holy, pure). In Greek mythology, Ariadne was the princess of Crete who gave Theseus the ball of thread that allowed him to escape from the Labyrinth after killing the Minotaur.

Ariadne is rising in the U.S. Today it sits in the U.S. top 600 and is climbing.

Most holy — a Greek name.

The name in its native script.

Ἀριάδνη
Transliteration
Ariádnē
Pronunciation
/ ˌær.iˈæd.ni /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Ariadne stands.

Ariadne does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Ariadnes before her.

Real people
Ariadne Getty
American philanthropist.
born 1962
In fiction
Ariadne
Princess of Crete in Greek mythology.
Greek mythology
Ariadne
Character in Christopher Nolan's Inception.
2010 film

Names connected to Ariadne.

The number behind Ariadne.

7

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Ariadne reduce to 7, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.