Adrian

From Latin Hadrianus (“from the Roman harbor Hadria”) a place name ultimately from Etruscan 𐌇𐌀𐌕𐌓𐌉𐌀 (hatria). Doublet of Hadrian. See Adria.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈeɪ.dɹiː.ən/

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Adrian (plural Adrians)

1. A male given name from Latin or Etruscan.
   • 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:

     Which, of he, or Adrian, for a good wager, / Firſt begins to crow ?

   • 1874, Bertha de Jongh, The Sisters Lawless, by the author of Rosa Noel, page 245:

     "My only worth will be in always remembering to do the thing that pleases you; and yet, although I don't really like Adie, it has a more home-like, more whisperable sound than Adrian. Adrian is a grand, heroic sort of a name, yet what a beautiful name it is.

   • 1912, Saki, Adrian:

     His baptismal register spoke of him pessimistically as John Henry, but he had left that behind with the other maladies of infancy, and his friends knew him under the front-name of Adrian.

   • 1991 September, Stephen Fry, chapter 2, in The Liar, London: Heinemann, →ISBN, section I, page 40:

     I'm afraid neither of us was looking where we were going. We Adrians are notoriously abstracted, are we not?

2. (rare) A female given name from Latin (compare Adriana, Adrianna, Adrienne).
3. A surname.
4. A village in Livada, Satu Mare County, Romania.
5. A village in Gurghiu, Mureș County, Romania.
6. A number of places in the United States:
   1. A city in Emanuel County and Johnson County, Georgia.
   2. An unincorporated community in Rock Creek Township, Hancock County, Illinois.
   3. A city, the county seat of Lenawee County, Michigan.
   4. A city in Nobles County, Minnesota, United States.
   5. A city in Bates County, Missouri.
   6. A hamlet in Steuben County, New York.
   7. An unincorporated community in Big Spring Township, Seneca County, Ohio.
   8. A city in Malheur County, Oregon.
   9. An unincorporated community in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania.
   10. A city in Oldham County, Texas.
   11. An unincorporated community in Grant County, Washington.
   12. An unincorporated community in Upshur County, West Virginia.
   13. A town in Monroe County, Wisconsin.
7. A neighborhood of Saint John, United States Virgin Islands.

Made famous by the Roman emperor Hadrian and early saints. Rare as a given name among English-speakers until the second half of the 20th century.

• pet form: Adie, Ade
• female given names: Adriana, Adrienne

Adrian (comparative more Adrian, superlative most Adrian)

1. Relating to the Adriatic Sea.

   Adrian billows

• Adrina, Ardian, Darian, ardian, radian

From Latin Hadrianus, ultimately from Etruscan 𐌇𐌀𐌕𐌓𐌉𐌀 (hatria).

Adrian

1. a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Adrian

From Latin Hadrianus, ultimately from Etruscan 𐌇𐌀𐌕𐌓𐌉𐌀 (hatria).

Adrian m

1. a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Adrian

Patronymics

• son of Adrian: Adriansson
• daughter of Adrian: Adriansdóttir

From Latin Hadriānus, ultimately from Etruscan 𐌇𐌀𐌕𐌓𐌉𐌀 (hatria).

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːd.ʁi.aːn/, [ˈʔaːd.ʁi.aːn]

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• Hyphenation: Ad‧ri‧an

Adrian m (proper noun, strong, genitive (only with an article) Adrian or Adrians, plural Adriane or (colloquial) Adrians)

1. a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Adrian

• Adi, Adri, Adriaen, Adrianus, Ari, Ary

From Latin Hadrianus, ultimately from Etruscan 𐌇𐌀𐌕𐌓𐌉𐌀 (hatria).

Adrian m

1. a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Adrian

From Latin Hadrianus, ultimately from Etruscan 𐌇𐌀𐌕𐌓𐌉𐌀 (hatria).

Adrian

1. a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Adrian

Learned borrowing from Latin Hadrianus, ultimately from Etruscan 𐌇𐌀𐌕𐌓𐌉𐌀 (hatria).

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.drjan/

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• Rhymes: -adrjan
• Syllabification: A‧drian

Adrian m pers (female equivalent Adrianna or Adriana)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Adrian

• Adrian in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Borrowed from Hungarian Adorján.

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Adrian m

1. a village in Gurghiu, Mureș County, Romania
2. a locality in Livada, Satu Mare County, Romania

From Latin Hadrianus, ultimately from Etruscan 𐌇𐌀𐌕𐌓𐌉𐌀 (hatria).

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Adrian c (genitive Adrians)

1. a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Adrian

• radian