Adriana

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Pronounced： [ ahd-RYAH-nah (Italian, Spanish, Polish), ayd-ree-AN-ə (English) ]
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Usage：Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Polish, Czech, Slovak, English

Meaning & History：

Feminine form of ADRIAN.

ADRIAN male English, Romanian, Polish, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Russian

Form of Hadrianus (see HADRIAN). Several saints and six popes have borne this name, including the only English pope, Adrian IV, and the only Dutch pope, Adrian VI. As an English name, it has been in use since the Middle Ages, though it was not popular until modern times.

HADRIAN male History

From the Roman cognomen Hadrianus, which meant "from Hadria" in Latin. Hadria was a town in northern Italy (it gave its name to the Adriatic Sea). A famous bearer of the name was Publius Aelius Hadrianus, better known as Hadrian, a 2nd-century Roman emperor who built a wall across northern Britain.

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EQUIVALENTS

ANCIENT ROMAN: Hadriana

CROATIAN: Adrijana, Jadranka

CZECH: Adriana

ENGLISH: Adriana, Adrianna, Adrianne

FRENCH: Adrienne

HUNGARIAN: Adrienn

ITALIAN: Adriana

MACEDONIAN: Adrijana

POLISH: Adriana, Adrianna

PORTUGUESE: Adriana