Meaning and history
Ariadne possibly means “most holy,” from the Greek prefix ἀρι (ari), meaning “most,” combined with Cretan Greek ἀδνός (adnos), meaning “holy,” though some scholars consider this explanation unlikely and suggest a pre-Greek origin. In Greek mythology, Ariadne was the daughter of King Minos; she fell in love with Theseus, helped him escape the Labyrinth and the Minotaur, and was later abandoned by him before marrying the god Dionysus.
20062006: 54 births, rank #3,090
2007: 51 births, rank #3,289
2008: 83 births, rank #2,334
2009: 101 births, rank #2,029
2010: 97 births, rank #2,043
20112011: 175 births, rank #1,329
2012: 117 births, rank #1,760
2013: 197 births, rank #1,220
2014: 350 births, rank #801
2015: 367 births, rank #771
20162016: 389 births, rank #731
2017: 353 births, rank #777
2018: 286 births, rank #934
2019: 258 births, rank #1,000
2020: 195 births, rank #1,189
20212021: 212 births, rank #1,153
2022: 207 births, rank #1,166
2023: 213 births, rank #1,137
2024: 184 births, rank #1,264
20252025: 115 births, rank #1,758
Ariadne moved from #934 to #1000 for girls between 2018 and 2019. Its highest annual birth count came in 2016, with 389 births.