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Arianna is nice, but I like Ariadne more. I haven't seen the variant Ariadna earlier, but it's really beautiful!

I agree! I used to like Ariana a lot but that was before I knew it was popular. Now it seems a little boring (but still good) while Arianna is a little more boring. I really like Ariadne and Ariadna. I also like Ariane, Aryana, and maybe Arijana.

Arianna/Ariana is pretty, but I hear it a lot. Ariadne is a stunner!

Maybe it's because one of my best friends as a kid was named Ariana but I love most of these.

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I love: Arianna, Ariana, Ariadne, Ariadna, Arijana, Arienne, Ariane, and Arianne.
I prefer the English pronunciation for all of these except for Arijana which has no English equivalent and Ariadne for which I prefer the Greek pronunciation but I do like the other pronunciations for these names.

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Ariana is probably my favorite of these names. Ariadne and Ariadna are my second favorites. If my husband loved Ariana I could see using it for one of our children since it's probably in my top 35 favorite names. The last time I mentioned it he didn't like it.

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I also love Mariana which was my nana's birth name but she chose to go by Marian, the only people who called her Mariana were her mother and some of her siblings.

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This message was edited 10/18/2017, 2:31 PM

Ehhhh. Ariana / Arianna is fine but kinda flimsy and overdone. I dislike Ariadne and Ariadna because the "dn" sound feels really clunky and nasal to me. I do like Ariane, but it's awfully close to Aryan.

I think it's ok, but I much prefer Ariadne and Ariadna.

I love it!!! I might be in the minority here, but Ariana Grande makes me love it even more. lol