Ariadne (given name)

Ariadne

Ariadne gives a ball of thread to Theseus by Angelica Kauffman.
Gender	Feminine
Language	Cretan Greek
Origin
Meaning	“Most holy”
Other names
Related names	Ariadna, Ariana, Ariane, Arianna, Arianne

Ariadne is a feminine given name of Greek origin. It is derived from the Cretan Greek words ari, a prefix meaning most, and adnos, meaning holy . It is often given in reference to the story of Ariadne from Greek mythology. ^[1]

Women

• Ariadne (empress), a Byzantine Empress from the late 5th century
• Ariadne of Phrygia, Christian saint
• Ariadne Díaz (born 1986), Mexican actress and former model
• Ariadne Getty (born 1962), American philanthropist
• Ariadne Hernández, Mexican paralympic track and field athlete
• Arianna Huffington (born Ariadnē-Anna Stasinopoúlou in 1950), Greek American author, syndicated columnist and businesswoman
• Ariadne von Schirach (born 1978), German philosopher, writer, journalist and critic
• Ariadne Spanaki (born 2001), Greek sailor and Olympian

Pen name

• Ariadne (writer), the pseudonym of the anonymous British female playwright who wrote the 1696 comedic play She Ventures and He Wins

Fictional characters

• Ariadne Oliver, a character in the novels of Agatha Christie
• Ariadne the spider, a character in the British children's animated TV series Creepy Crawlies
• Ariadne, a character in the film Inception
• Ariadne, a character in the Korean manhwa Ares
• Ariadne, a character from British TV series Atlantis

References

1. Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). Oxford Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press. pp. 19–20. ISBN   0-19-861060-2.