Adriana
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About Adriana
This a-ending feminine form of Adrian, from the northern Italian city of Adria, is a soft and lovely Italian choice. It appears as a character in Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors.
The name had quite a different image in The Sopranos, where it was pronounced with a hard initial 'a'.
Adriana Lima is a Brazilian model and actress best known as a Victoria's Secret Angel.
As of October 2026, Adriana ranked #366 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #107 in 2006, Nameberry popularity #446.
Editor's take: The name Adriana is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "man of Adria".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #177 | 1,877 | 1,050.7 |
| 2015 | #185 | 1,735 | 971.9 |
| 2016 | #216 | 1,497 | 844.8 |
| 2017 | #223 | 1,398 | 809.7 |
| 2018 | #240 | 1,354 | 796 |
| 2019 | #249 | 1,288 | 767.4 |
| 2020 | #305 | 1,061 | 656.3 |
| 2021 | #335 | 975 | 594.2 |
| 2022 | #329 | 980 | 597.5 |
| 2023 | #308 | 997 | 621.3 |
| 2024 | #323 | 951 | 587 |
| 2025 | #366 | 836 | 520.1 |
World rankings
Similar names
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Adriana on lists
Famous Adrianas
- Adriana Lima
Brazilian supermodel
- Adriana De Moura Sidi
American reality TV personality ("Real Housewives of Miami")
- Adriana Caselotti
American voice actress
- Adriana Asti
Italian actress
- Adriana da Cunha Calcanhotto
Brazilian singer,songwriter
- Adriana Camposano
American child actress & model
- Adriana Kristina Leon
Canadian soccer player
Adriana in pop culture
- Adriana Vazquez
character on TV's "Switched at Birth"
- Adriana Vertes
character on TV's "Dark Angel"
- Adriana La Cerva
character on TV's "The Sopranos"
- Adriana Cramer
character on American soap "One Life to Live"
- Adriana de Souza
character in Lauren Weisberger's "Chasing Harry Winston"
- "Pretty Little Adriana
" song by Vince Gill
Variations & nicknames
- AdrienneFrench, also female variant of Adrien