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AY-dree-un, a-dree-AN or a-dree-an

Adrian

OriginLatin
Meaning"man of Adria"
GenderBoy

About Adrian

Variation of Hadrian

Pronounced AY-dree-un, a-dree-AN or a-dree-an. 2 syllables.

As of September 2026, Adrian ranked #74 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #56 in 2010, Nameberry popularity #56.

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  • Adrian Clayborn

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  • Adrian Dantley

    American basketball player

  • Adrian Gonzalez

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  • Adrian Griffin

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  • Adrian Mannarino

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  • Adrian (Adolph Greenberg)

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  • Adrian Alphona

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  • Adrian Belew

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  • Adrian Biddle

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  • Adrian Borland

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  • Adrian Boult

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  • Adrian Chiles

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  • Adrian Dunbar

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  • Adrian "Ade" Edmondson

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  • Adrian Enescu

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  • Adrian Erlandsson

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  • Adrian Grenier

    American actor, musician and director

  • Adrian Gurvitz

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  • Adrian Griffin

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  • Adrian Hasler

    Prime Minister of Liechstenstein

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  • Adrian Hodges

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  • Adrian Hoven

    Austrian actor, producer and film director

  • Adrian Jones

    English sculptor and painter who specialized in animals, particularly horses

  • Adrian Kowanek

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  • Adrian Legg

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  • Adrian Lester

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  • Adrian Lukis

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  • Adrian Lyne

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  • Adrian Mitchell

    English poet, novelist and playwright

  • Adrian Pasdar

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  • Adrian Paul

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  • Adrian Rawlins

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  • Adrian Scarborough

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  • Adrian Sieber

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  • Adrian Vandenberg

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  • Adrian Willaert

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  • Adrian Zingg

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  • Adrian Zmed

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  • Adrian Simon

    son of American musicians Paul Simon and Edie Brickell

  • Adrian Dovolani (b. 2008)

    son of dancer Tony Dovolani; twin sister Ariana

  • Adrian Eli Wrease (b. 2010)

    son of Cleondra Carter and Michael Wrease of TV's "16 and Pregnant"

  • Adrian Ellory Followill (b. 2013)

    son of musicians Matthew Followill and Johanna Bennett

  • Adrian Benjamin Colonomos (b. 2015)

    son of TV presenters Ginger Zee and Ben Aaron

Adrian in pop culture

  • Adrian Andrews

    character in video game "Ace Attorney"

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    character in the "Harry Potter" series

  • Adrian Monk

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  • Adrian Pennino

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  • Adrian Lee

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  • Adrian Mole

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  • Adrian Ivashkov

    character in the Vampire Academy and Bloodlines series by Richelle Mead

  • Adrian Helmsley

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    character in August Bournonville's comic ballet "The Kermesse" in Bruges

  • Adrian Moore

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  • Adrian Chase aka Prometheus

    character on TV's "Arrow"

  • Adrian Toomes aka Vulture

    character in Marvel Universe

  • Adrian Veidt

    character in the graphic novel and film "Watchmen"

  • Adrian Seidelman

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  • Adrian Du Luc

    character in the film "Apartment Zero"

  • Adrian Everhart

    also known as Sketch, one of the main characters of Marissa Meyer's Renegades novels

Variations & nicknames

  • ArjeDutch
  • AdrianoItalian
  • AdriánSpanish
  • AdorjanHungarian
  • AidrianIrish Gaelic
  • AdrienFrench
  • AdrínSpanish
  • AdriãoPortuguese

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