Ariana Grande-Butera is her full name. She was born on June 26, 1993, in Boca Raton, Florida, USA, and is 28 years old.¹⁾

She was born on June 26, 1993, in Boca Raton, Florida, USA.²⁾

She is half Sicilian and half Abruzzese and is of Italian heritage.³⁾

Ariana's parents relocated from New York to Florida shortly before her birth.⁴⁾

Her parents selected her name after seeing Felix the Cat and being inspired by Princess Oriana.⁵⁾

Joan Grande-Butera, Ariana's mother, has always had a huge influence in her work.⁶⁾

Edward Butera, Ariana's father, was born on September 20, 1958. He is the creator of IBI Designs Inc. and a graphic designer.⁷⁾

Ariana has an older half-brother, Frankie, who is 10 years her senior. Frank James Michael Grande Marchione is his full name. He's also an actor and producer in musical theater.⁸⁾

Coco, Toulouse, Ophelia, Fawkes, Cinnamon, and Sirius Black are Ariana's six dogs.⁹⁾

Grande simply stated, “little elephants,” in a tweet. It was a phrase she coined for her supporters at the start of her career. For a short time, the term remained until her supporters were dubbed Arianators.¹⁰⁾

Ariana's 90-year-old granddad was declared cancer-free in June 2014. On Twitter, Arianators made the hashtag #WeAreProudOfGrandpaGrande trend.¹¹⁾

She is a major Harry Potter fan - unrelated, although there is a character in the novels named Ariana (Ariana Dumbledore). Luna Lovegood and Draco Malfoy are her favorite characters in the story.¹²⁾

Ariana co-founded the South Florida youth singing ensemble 'Kids Who Care' at the age of 10, which performed for philanthropic fund-raising events.¹³⁾

She has hypoglycemia, which means her blood sugar drops and she has to eat something.¹⁴⁾

Ariana's mother assumed she would grow up to be a serial murderer since she wore Halloween masks around the home and couldn't get enough horror movies.¹⁵⁾