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My name is Arianna or Ariana. And so let me tell you a bit about myself and my connection to the name. My father was born in 1900 on the french side of st. maarten an island in the caribbean. I was born in 1948, my father had the task of naming me, so he search a dictionary and found the name ariella, he then decided to substitute ella with anna which was his sisters name. And so I ended up with the name Arianna, registered in 1948. Since then I have met other people with the name spelled both ways, and all my junior. I was wondering if indeed the name existed before my father made it for me. Please help me. A searching soul, Arianna - Ariana