Ariel (C) with her sisters as they are known in the animation (from L) Arista, Attina, Adella, Alana, Andrina and Aquata (Picture: Disney) The Mer-sisters also did lots of water tests in tanks at ...

Andrina, Arista, Attina, Adella, and Alana – were given names starting and ending with an A. Ariel was the only one bestowed with a different-sounding name. It’s not like Triton knew she’d ...

Note, Ariel’s sisters in this new movie are not exact one-to-one versions of the animated counterparts. The original sisters are named Attina, Alana, Adella, Arista, Aquata, and Andrina ...