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    Meaning
    • Derived from the Latin name 'Adrianus' (man from Hadria). A Slavic variant used for boys, referring to the town of Adria.
    • Latin: Adrian comes from the Latin Hadrianus, meaning 'from Hadria', a town in northern Italy that gave its name to the Adriatic Sea.
    • German: Dark; of the adriatic; from the latin hadrianus meaning of adria or of the adriatic sea region. pope adrian iv was a 12 century british pope who became popular in the 1980s when sue townsend published the secret diary of adrian mole
    OriginSlavicLatin, German
    Native scriptАдріян—
    GenderBoyBoy, Unisex
    Popularity
    US rank #56 (2011)
    Syllables22
    First letterAA
    Rashi——
    Numerology6: care, family and responsibility5: curiosity, freedom and adventure

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