Ariana started out as a Portuguese form of the Greek mythological name Ariadne meaning "most holy," but from there jumped across languages and cultures and is used in many other places. In the USA, it was overall #34 in 2018, if you combine all spellings. This name has more spellings in the top 7000 than any other name used in the USA since 1880. This is because Ariana has 4 different pronunciations in English: /air-e-ANN-a/, /ahr-e ANN-a/, /ahr e ON a/ and /air e ON a/. Many spellings represent a way to make the ambiguous pronunciation of the name more obvious (e.g., Aerionna would not be pronounced the same way as Ahriana).
Here is every spelling recorded for the name Ariana recorded by the Social Security Administration. In order to make the list, a name has to have been given to at least 5 babies in a single year. There are probably more spellings out there, given to 1-4 babies in a year, but we may never know what they are!
The first instance of Ariana occurred in 1957. The most recent spelling was Ayriauna in 2015. Here are all the spellings in between:
| Ariana | 1957 |
| Arianna | 1963 |
| Aryana | 1985 |
| Ariona | 1987 |
| Arrianna | 1987 |
| Aryanna | 1988 |
| Arriana | 1988 |
| Areana | 1989 |
| Areanna | 1989 |
| Arionna | 1989 |
| Auriana | 1989 |
| Eriana | 1989 |
| Arieanna | 1990 |
| Erianna | 1990 |
| Aireanna | 1991 |
| Aireona | 1991 |
| Ariyana | 1991 |
| Arreanna | 1991 |
| Arriona | 1991 |
| Aryonna | 1991 |
| Aurianna | 1991 |
| Arieana | 1992 |
| Aeriana | 1992 |
| Aerianna | 1993 |
| Airianna | 1993 |
| Ariauna | 1993 |
| Ariyanna | 1993 |
| Aariana | 1994 |
| Aariona | 1994 |
| Aireana | 1994 |
| Areona | 1994 |
| Ariannah | 1994 |
| Ariahna | 1994 |
| Aureanna | 1994 |
| Aurieona | 1994 |
| Ayriana | 1994 |
| Eriona | 1994 |
| Erionna | 1994 |
| Airiana | 1995 |
| Arianah | 1995 |
| Areonna | 1995 |
| Arieona | 1995 |
| Arieonna | 1995 |
| Aarianna | 1996 |
| Aarionna | 1996 |
| Arrionna | 1996 |
| Aireonna | 1997 |
| Areyana | 1997 |
| Areyanna | 1997 |
| Ariaunna | 1997 |
| Arriyanna | 1997 |
| Arryanna | 1997 |
| Aryona | 1997 |
| Ayrianna | 1997 |
| Ahriana | 1998 |
| Airyanna | 1998 |
| Ariyonna | 1998 |
| Arreona | 1998 |
| Arryana | 1998 |
| Eriyana | 1998 |
| Eriyonna | 1998 |
| Aaryanna | 1999 |
| Airyana | 1999 |
| Ariyona | 1999 |
| Arrieanna | 1999 |
| Aryanah | 1999 |
| Aryiana | 1999 |
| Eriyanna | 1999 |
| Aureana | 1999 |
| Aaryana | 2000 |
| Aerionna | 2000 |
| Areyona | 2000 |
| Arriyana | 2000 |
| Aryahna | 2000 |
| Auriona | 2000 |
| Ayreanna | 2000 |
| Ayreona | 2000 |
| Ayreonna | 2000 |
| Ahrianna | 2001 |
| Areianna | 2001 |
| Arieyana | 2001 |
| Aryianna | 2001 |
| Ayreana | 2001 |
| Eriyona | 2001 |
| Eryanna | 2001 |
| Areiana | 2002 |
| Areyonna | 2002 |
| Aryannah | 2002 |
| Auryana | 2002 |
| Ayrionna | 2002 |
| Aaryona | 2003 |
| Aeriona | 2003 |
| Airionna | 2003 |
| Arieyanna | 2003 |
| Ariyanah | 2003 |
| Arreonna | 2003 |
| Arryonna | 2003 |
| Aryauna | 2003 |
| Eryana | 2003 |
| Eryonna | 2003 |
| Aariyanna | 2004 |
| Aariyana | 2004 |
| Airiona | 2004 |
| Airyonna | 2004 |
| Areiona | 2004 |
| Ariyahna | 2004 |
| Ariyauna | 2004 |
| Aariyonna | 2005 |
| Arieyonna | 2005 |
| Arihana | 2005 |
| Ariyannah | 2005 |
| Arreana | 2005 |
| Aurionna | 2005 |
| Erieanna | 2005 |
| Aeryana | 2006 |
| Aeryanna | 2006 |
| Aeryona | 2006 |
| Arhianna | 2006 |
| Arihanna | 2006 |
| Erianah | 2006 |
| Rreanna | 2006 |
| Aariyona | 2007 |
| Ahreanna | 2007 |
| Arhiana | 2007 |
| Ariahnna | 2007 |
| Aireyana | 2007 |
| Aryhanna | 2007 |
| Auriyana | 2007 |
| Areionna | 2008 |
| Auryanna | 2009 |
| Erieonna | 2009 |
| Ayrihanna | 2009 |
| Aareona | 2010 |
| Airyona | 2010 |
| Arionah | 2010 |
| Ariyunna | 2010 |
| Arriannah | 2010 |
| Arriyanah | 2011 |
| Eriannah | 2012 |
| Arrihanna | 2013 |
| Ariahana | 2014 |
| Ariiana | 2014 |
| Ayriauna | 2015 |
