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Around the world, アリアネ (Ariane
, アリアネ) is a widespread female forename. The first name アリアネ is characteristic of Cameroon, where it is quite a common principally female, but very seldom boy's name, Brazil, where it is quite a common girly name, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Much less frequently, アリアネ is the last name as well as the forename.
アリアネ is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Ariane de Saynes ; Ariane , the operatic character in the opera Ariane by Jules Massenet; Ariane Leprieur , the character in Gabriel Marcel's play Le Chemin de Crête; Ariane , the operatic character in the opera Ariane et Barbe-bleue by Paul Dukas and Ariane , the operatic character in the opera Bacchus by Jules Massenet.