Adrian

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The male given name Adrian is derived from the Latin Hadrianus, which is more familiar to English speakers as Hadrian. The name means "from Adria", a port on the Adriatic Sea. Adrian was the name of several early Christian saints and martyrs. The name is connected to the ancient Anglo-Saxon tribes of Great Britain, becoming widely known in England in the twelfth century, when Nicholas Breakspear took it as his regnal name when he became the only English pope, Adrian IV. Can also mean, 'strong' in multiple languages.

Male forms

Variations for males include:

• Afrikaans: Ad, Adriaan, Adrianus, Arrie, At, Daan, Jaans
• Albanian: Adrian, Ardian, Ard/Ardi
• Bosnian: Adrian, Adrijan
• Bulgarian :Адриан or Адриян (Adrian or Adrijan)
• Catalan : Adrià
• Croatian: Jadranko,Adrian, Adrijan
• Dutch: Ad, Aad, Adrie, Adriaan, Adrianus, Arian, Arie, Arjan
• English: Adrian, Ade
• Filipino: Adriano, Adrianio
• French: Adrien
• German: Adrian
• Galician: Hadriano, Hadrián, Hadrán, Hadrao, Adriano, Adrián, Adrán, Adrao
• Greek: Αδριανός (Adrianos)
• Hungarian: Adorján, Adrián
• Italian: Adriano
• Japanese: エイドリアン (Eidorian)
• Latin: Hadrian, Hadrianus
• Norwegian language: Adrian
• Polish: Adrian
• Portuguese: Adriano
• Romanian: Adrian, Adi
• Russian: Адриан (Adrian)
• Spanish: Adrián, Adriano
• Ukrainian: Адріан, Адріян (Adrian, Adrijan, informal - Adriyanko, Adriyanchik)

Female forms

Female forms include:

• Afrikaans: Adri, Adriana, Adrianne
• Albanian: Adriana, Ardiana
• Bosnian: Adriana, Adrijana
• Catalan: Adriana
• Croatian: Jadranka,Adriana,Adrijana
• Czech: Adriana
• Dutch : Adriana, Adrianne, Adri
• French: Adrienne
• Galician: Hadriana, Adriana
• Hungarian: Adrienn
• Italian: Adriana
• Polish: Adrianna
• Portuguese: Adriana
• Romanian: Adriana
• Serbian: Adrijana
• Slovak: Adriana
• Slovene: Adrijana
• Spanish: Adriana
• Ukrainian: Адріана, Адріяна (Adriana, Adriyana)

Popes

• Adrian I, Pope from 772 to 795
• Adrian II, Pope from 867 to 872
• Adrian III, Pope from 884 to 885
• Adrian IV, Pope from 1154 to 1159
• Adrian V, Pope in 1276
• Adrian VI, Pope from 1522 to 1523

Historical people

• Hadrian, Roman emperor
• Adrian (Roman governor), first century AD
• Adrian of Batanea, Christian martyr and saint who died in the early 300s
• Adrian of Canterbury, an English saint who died in 710; scholar and abbot of St Augustine's Abbey.
• Adrian of Nicomedia, another early 300s martyr

As a surname

• Edgar Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian, born November 30, 1889, London, England; 1932 Nobel Prize in Physiology/Medicine (shared prize with Sir Charles Scott Sherrington)^[1]
• Nathan Adrian, American swimmer

City names

• Adrian, Texas - the midway point between Chicago and Los Angeles on historic U.S. Route 66.

References

See also

• Adriano
• Adrien
• Adrienne
• Ardian
• Saint Adrian

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