Oriana is a given name, primarily of a female, that is widespread in Europe. Variants include Orianna, Oriane or Orianne.
Sometimes Orian, Oreste or Dorian may be a male given name or a family name, as Orians, Oriani, or Doria.
There is the Latin meaning of rising (as in sunrise; see a similar word root in Orient).
Things get even more complicated as in the languages of the Iberian peninsula, namely Spanish and Portuguese, there is the medieval Oroana or Ouroana, from Oro or Ouro meaning Gold, whose origin is the Latin Aurum, and whose root, Aur, may be related to Ori.
Notable people with the name include:
Nickname for English queen Elizabeth I; the Oriana madrigals were written for her.Oriana Fallaci (1929 – 2006), Italian journalist, author, political interviewer, and World War II partisanOriana Guerrero (born 1994), Colombian volleyball playerOriana Panozzo, Australian actressOriana Scheuss (born 1972), Swiss Olympic sport shooterOriana Small (born 1981), birth name of Ashley Blue, US actressOriana Clare Tickell, Dame Clare TickellOriana, heiress to the throne of Great Britain and beloved of Amadis de Gaula, in Oriana by Garci Rodríguez de MontalvoOriana, fairy and main character in the children's book A Fada Oriana, by Portuguese writer Sophia de Mello Breyner AndresenOriane de Guermantes, Duchesse de Guermantes, character in Marcel Proust's novel In Search of Lost TimeOriana, the beleaguered princess whom the protagonist of Felix the Cat: The Movie must save, as well as the name of the land she rules overOrianna, goddess and partner of Phaon in the Shadow World campaign world created by Terry K. Amthor for Iron Crown Enterprises and in the gaming system RolemasterOrianna, the daughter of Talon and Oria in the metal opera Days of Rising Doom by AinaOureana, semi-legendary Moorish princess who was converted to Christianity in 12th-century Portugal. See Fátima, Portugal)Oriane, a character in the novel Labyrinth by Kate MosseOrianna, The Lady of Clockwork, a character in the video game League of Legends developed by Riot Games.Oriana, genetic twin of Miranda Lawson in the video game Mass Effect 2.Oriana Noldare, née Silvan, the heroine in the novel Destiny's Call by LeAnn Anderson.Oriana, subject of poem by the same name by Alfred, Lord TennysonOriana Thomson, a minor character in A Certain Magical IndexOrianna Spearling, a character in the novel The Walls Around Us by Nova Ren Suma