Adrianus

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Pronounced： [ ah-dree-AH-nus, AH-dree-ah-nus ]
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Usage：Dutch

Meaning & History：

Official Dutch form of ADRIAN, used on birth certificates but not commonly in daily life.

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: Hadrianus

CATALAN: Adrià

CROATIAN: Adrijan, Jadran

DANISH: Adrian

DUTCH: Adriaan, Arjan

ENGLISH: Adrian

FRENCH: Adrien, Hadrien

GERMAN: Adrian

HISTORY: Hadrian

HUNGARIAN: Adorján, Adrián