Spanish and Polish? That's a bit far apart, yes? Romance vs Slavic language? Strange that this name is used in both places. I like this name. Better than I like Ariadne, anyway.
-- Anonymous User 4/17/2007
Ariadna is, in some rare cases, used also in Russian culture. There it is pronounced ah-ri-AHD-nah. Marina Tsvetayeva's daughter was named so, a well-known ballet dancer Anastasia Volochkova named her daughter Ariadna as well.