Ariadne

Aelia Ariadne (Greek: Ἀριάδνη) (c. 450 – 515) was Eastern Roman empress as the wife of Zeno and Anastasius I. She is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church, with her feast day falling on August 22.

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She probably added "Aelia" to her name at her proclamation as an Augusta. The name had become standard for Augustas of the Theodosian dynasty.

Ariadne Welter (1930 – 1998) was a Mexican movie actress of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. She appeared in the Luis Buñuel film The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz (1955). In 1956 she starred in the film El Vampiro, a classic among Mexican horror films.

Ariadne auf Naxos is an opera by Richard Strauß.

Child actors Pam & Pat Ogles played a character named Ariadne Pennington in the Elvis Presley movie Follow That Dream. She's such a minor character that the children are not credited, but it's so rare to hear the beautiful Greek name Ariadne that it caught my attention.

Ariadne Kaligaris is the name of Lena's mom in The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants.

Ariadne Bliss was the name of a priggish little girl in the book 'The Eight Cousins' by Louisa May Alcott. In the sequel to that book, 'Rose in Bloom', it seems that the girl's name was changed to Annabel and the she was much nicer than in the previous book.

"A labyrinthine man never seeks the truth, but only his Ariadne."
--Friedrich Nietzsche
(Ariadne having been his recently deceased mother).

The above Nietzsche quote is likely why the name Ariadne was chosen for the dream architect in "Inception" (2010). Frankly, given that it's such an exotic name, I thought it fit in quite well in the modern world. It's a lovely name.

Ariadne was the name of Ellen Page's character in Christopher Nolan's film, Inception. I was really excited to see this name being used in a youthful context, as it's one of my favorites!

'Ariadne auf Naxos' is a famous opera by Richard Strauss.

This is the name of the actress/singer Ariadne Diaz from the mexican soap opera "Al Diablo con los Guapos" aka Florencia Chavaria and shes also in Muchachitas como Tu.

Saint Ariadne was a second-century martyr of Phrygia who, according to tradition, was a slave killed after refusing to perform pagan rites.

In the 80's Fantasy movie "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen", the queen of the moon was named Ariadne. I think this is a beautiful name, however, responding to what someone said earlier, my name is Emma and I think it is one of the best female names. Anyway, Ariadne is quite pretty.

Ariadne Artiles is a Spanish model.

Ariadne Oliver is a recurring character in Agatha Christie's novels. She is a flighty mystery writer who is extremely fond of apples. In several of the stories she tries to help Hercule Poirot solve mysteries by using her "feminine intuition."

This name appeared on the TV series Judging Amy as the daughter of a character named Donna.

This was the name of the main character in the 'The Heart Has...' book series (The Heart Has Its Reasons, The Heart Has Forever and The Heart Only Knows) by Kerry Blair.