Love the sound but not the spelling. Unfortunately, this name would almost certainly be pronounced Air•ee•ann where I live in the U.S. To get to the right pronunciation it would need to be spelled Arion, Aryon, Arien, Arienne or something similar.
― Anonymous User 9/16/2018
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Also a Greek combination of Ariadne and Anne (Αννη).
In French, the name is pronounced: A as in ahhhhhhh (screaming) Ri like hri A like the first one N as in n Don't pronounce the e (I know this cause I'm French lol).
― Anonymous User 7/25/2015
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Beautiful name! Love its French origin, but you don't have to be French to pronounce it right! I chose this to be my "native name" in my high school French class. It's better than Simone at least.
My sister's name is Arianne and unfortunately people seem to have real difficulty with it, they either tend to call her Harrianne or Adrianne - both of which drive her mad.
This is the way I pronounce the name Ariadne and it's strange how in French it's also pronounced with a silent 'd' as well (I didn't know that until I checked here).
― Anonymous User 4/7/2006
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This is my sister's name and we pronounce it air-EE-anne. The pet-name, nick-name or rather the short version of the name that we call her by is Ari pronounced air-EE.