Comments for the name Ariane

Listen to the German pronunciation of Ariane here:
http://www.nordicnames.de/Aussprache.html.

Princess Ariane of the Netherlands is the third daughter of Prince Willem-Alexander and Princess Máxima. Her full name is Ariane Wilhelmina Máxima Ines. It is pronounced "a-ree-AN".

The name of Anthony Bourdain's daughter.

In the Netherlands - and in Germany as well - Ariane isn't pronounced a-ree-AN but like [ah-ree-AH-nay].

Please disregard the previous comments about the Dutch pronunciation of Ariane, since both comments are incorrect.

The proper Dutch pronunciation of Ariane is: ah-ree-AH-nə.

Maria Simon played a character called Ariane in Good Bye Lenin!. Ariane is the sister of the main character, Alex. The pair were raised in East Germany and try to recreate the DDR for their mother after the fall of the Berlin Wall.