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The baby name Adrian is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈeɪdriən/ (AY-dree-ən); Spanish: /aðˈɾjan/ (ah-DREE-ahn); French: /adʁjɛ̃/ (ah-dree-EN).

Adrian is Latin in Origin.

Gender: Male
Syllables: 3.0
Origin: Latin
Pronunciation: /ˈeɪdriən/ (AY-dree-ən); Spanish: /aðˈɾjan/ (ah-DREE-ahn); French: /adʁjɛ̃/ (ah-dree-EN)

What is the meaning of the name Adrian ?

The baby name Adrian is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈeɪdriən/ (AY-dree-ən); Spanish: /aðˈɾjan/ (ah-DREE-ahn); French: /adʁjɛ̃/ (ah-dree-EN).

Adrian is Latin in Origin.

Adrian derives from the Latin Hadrianus, “man from (H)adria,” a town in northern Italy that gave its name to the Adriatic Sea. The name entered the Roman onomastic tradition via families from that region; its sense is therefore chiefly geographic. Some later sources connect it to Latin ater “dark,” but that link is considered folk etymology rather than the root meaning.

The name gained prominence through the Roman emperor Hadrian (Publius Aelius Hadrianus) and numerous saints and popes, including Adrian IV and Adrian VI, ensuring its transmission into medieval and modern Europe. It appears across languages: Adrian (English, Spanish, Romanian, Polish), Adrien (French), Adriano (Italian, Portuguese), Adrián (Spanish, Slovak), and Hadrian (classical form). Feminine counterparts include Adriana and Adrienne; common diminutives are Adi, Ade, and Adri. Usage has remained international, with strong late-20th-century popularity in English-speaking countries.

Adrian has the following similar or variant Names

Famous people with the name Adrian

Adrian III Politician · Papal States Adrian III was a Pope of the Roman Catholic Church, serving from 884 to 885. He is most famous for his brief papacy during a tumultuous period in the Papal States. His efforts focused on maintaining stability and addressing political challenges of his time. Adrian Năstase Politician · Born 1950 · Romania Adrian Năstase is best known for serving as Romania’s prime minister from 2000 to 2004. He is a Romanian jurist, professor, blogger, and former politician who later ran as the Social Democratic Party candidate in the 2004 presidential election, where he was defeated by Traian Băsescu. Adrian Grenier Actor|musician · Born 1976 · United States Adrian Grenier is an American actor best known for playing Vincent Chase on the HBO series Entourage. He was born on July 10, 1976, and is also known for films like The Devil Wears Prada and Drive Me Crazy.
Adrian Pasdar Actor · Born 1965 · United States Adrian Pasdar is an American actor best known for playing Nathan Petrelli on Heroes. He has also appeared in Near Dark, Carlito's Way, and as Glenn Talbot on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Adrian Paul Actor · Born 1959 · United Kingdom Adrian Paul Hewett is an English actor, martial artist, and director best known for playing Duncan MacLeod in Highlander: The Series. He later founded the Peace Fund, a charitable organization, in 1997. Adrian Rawlins Actor · Born 1958 · United Kingdom Adrian Rawlins is an English actor best known for playing James Potter in the Harry Potter films and Arthur Kidd in The Woman in Black (1989). Born on 27 March 1958, he also appeared as Nikolai Fomin in the 2019 series Chernobyl.

Celebrity babies named Adrian

Name Last Name(s) Mother Mother famous for Fame Level Father Father famous for Fame Level
Adrian Edward Simon Edie Brickell singer ★★★★★ Paul Simon television actor ★★★★★
Adrian Brendel Alfred Brendel musician ★★★★★

Adrian – Popularity by country

Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.

Country Gender Year Rank Born of
Ireland Boys 2025 #1 — 836
Germany Boys 2025 #1 — 423
FJ Boys 0 #16 2 603
MT 0 #20 24 1,767
MD Boys 0 #24 91 756
SV Boys 0 #27 2 352
ID 0 #28 12 2,238
MD 0 #28 7 434
Sweden Boys 2022 #29 332 1,509
BN 0 #29 4 2,297
DJ Girls 0 #29 1 488
PL Boys 0 #30 10,957 6,459
Spain Boys 0 #31 25,902 5,610
JM Boys 0 #31 652 6,876
NA 0 #32 2 2,537
MT Boys 0 #34 263 4,064
EE 0 #37 1 1,051
JM 0 #41 47 3,714
MX Boys 0 #43 27,779 16,355
CR Boys 0 #44 2,734 10,188
MO 0 #47 6 2,706
HN Boys 0 #50 3 749
AR Boys 0 #52 4,694 7,628
PR 0 #53 3 1,497
AL 0 #54 22 2,372
PH Boys 0 #54 621 11,440
CY 0 #55 6 1,632
Austria Boys 2024 #56 149 60
EC Boys 0 #57 484 3,322
UY Boys 0 #57 2,654 5,922
Norway Boys 2025 #60 97 444
Iceland Boys 0 #62 12 131
AL Boys 0 #63 458 5,122
EC 0 #63 54 2,502
PA Boys 0 #63 2,041 9,305
CR 0 #65 99 5,526
PH 0 #65 32 5,607
LU 0 #66 1 2,830
PL 0 #68 440 2,600
Switzerland Boys 2024 #69 72 1,769
United States Boys 2024 #71 4,617 7,044
IN 0 #71 1 2,963
SG 0 #73 251 11,010
JP 0 #74 4 4,057
CN 0 #75 11 3,857
SI 0 #75 6 1,612
CY Boys 0 #76 56 3,473
AO 0 #77 1 2,729
BG 0 #77 6 1,799
ID Boys 0 #77 57 4,130
MV Boys 0 #77 3 3,375
PR Boys 0 #79 126 2,508
AR 0 #81 116 2,915
QA 0 #81 20 7,011
RS 0 #82 3 923
BO Boys 0 #84 2,979 9,244
Canada Boys 2024 #87 307 2,588
LT 0 #88 1 949
MX 0 #90 667 8,339
BN Boys 0 #91 43 6,332
MD Girls 0 #92 1 865
PA 0 #92 39 3,797
PE Boys 0 #93 6,604 14,506
KZ 0 #94 1 1,452
CO Boys 0 #95 11,766 15,656
OM 0 #100 17 6,215
TW 0 #100 4 4,523
UY 0 #100 81 2,477
ID Girls 0 #102 1 3,319
MY 0 #103 264 12,352
SG Boys 0 #104 1,489 17,960
HU 0 #107 9 1,675
Spain 0 #108 734 2,326
GE Boys 0 #109 2 2,055
EE Boys 0 #110 16 2,087
SI Boys 0 #110 105 3,402
BN Girls 0 #113 2 5,459
Austria Boys 0 #114 728 2,180
KW 0 #114 8 5,216
HR Boys 0 #116 260 3,997
HU Boys 0 #121 57 3,954
BO 0 #122 373 6,868
BG Boys 0 #124 123 3,850
AZ Boys 0 #131 1 1,400
GR 0 #131 5 3,911
IQ 0 #131 3 3,533
Germany Boys 0 #133 4,249 5,697
RS Boys 0 #139 16 2,277
BW Boys 0 #140 10 4,685
LT Boys 0 #145 7 2,166
AE 0 #146 32 10,220
HK Boys 0 #146 1,007 12,905
CZ Boys 0 #147 216 6,530
MT Girls 0 #150 4 3,773
GT Boys 0 #152 748 7,625
MY Boys 0 #152 2,776 25,439
Belgium Boys 2024 #154 35 401
CL Boys 0 #156 2,368 13,390
GR Boys 0 #159 115 6,912
HR 0 #161 19 2,081
MO Boys 0 #166 58 5,842
ZA 0 #166 311 14,421
PR Girls 0 #167 1 3,171
CZ 0 #168 18 3,154
DK Boys 0 #169 184 7,401
Austria 0 #172 42 850
IT Boys 0 #176 10,628 10,046
SI Girls 0 #177 1 2,769
LU Boys 0 #183 36 4,970
RU 0 #188 7 3,641
DK 0 #190 14 5,198
PE 0 #194 119 6,350
TW Boys 0 #199 43 7,111
GT 0 #202 115 5,948
IR 0 #210 20 4,221
NA Boys 0 #210 26 6,830
CN Boys 0 #218 105 9,639
PS 0 #218 9 5,692
France Boys 2021 #222 186 2,865
AL Girls 0 #223 5 4,141
ZA Boys 0 #224 2,856 25,619
AO Boys 0 #231 12 5,568
BG Girls 0 #231 1 3,559
CO 0 #231 354 7,768
HK 0 #233 121 8,483
Germany 0 #236 231 2,542
BD 0 #237 5 5,992
NA Girls 0 #237 1 7,146
BR Boys 0 #239 1,311 12,213
PT 0 #243 8 4,161
PT Boys 0 #243 136 7,951
JM Girls 0 #245 15 7,507
GH 0 #248 1 5,396
GR Girls 0 #248 2 6,293
JP Girls 0 #251 1 6,592
EC Girls 0 #254 5 3,650
JP Boys 0 #254 44 7,909
IL 0 #257 18 6,291
SA 0 #258 38 10,560
MO Girls 0 #260 4 7,056
NG 0 #269 4 5,926
AF Boys 0 #273 2 3,535
KZ Boys 0 #278 12 6,578
Canada Girls 2021 #285 6 2,910
TW Girls 0 #288 2 8,139
CL 0 #289 126 6,867
HR Girls 0 #294 1 3,687
BR 0 #301 45 5,969
Finland Boys 2026 #301 776 3,552
MU Boys 0 #326 32 8,477
DK Girls 0 #329 1 7,429
PL Girls 0 #330 25 5,096
GH Boys 0 #331 15 8,138
IR Boys 0 #333 261 10,162
NL 0 #336 56 2,481
GH Girls 0 #337 1 6,973
NL Boys 0 #337 1,053 5,873
QA Girls 0 #339 5 15,378
CZ Girls 0 #349 3 5,378
Finland Boys 0 #352 76 2,041
SD Girls 0 #358 1 7,678
CN Girls 0 #359 1 8,829
MU Girls 0 #362 1 8,539
JO Boys 0 #381 9 7,057
PH Girls 0 #381 10 13,098
YE 0 #393 6 8,639
RU Boys 0 #394 112 12,621
BD Girls 0 #405 2 8,413
IT 0 #410 363 4,183
EG 0 #412 1 6,387
OM Girls 0 #421 4 15,987
PS Boys 0 #424 125 10,655
IL Boys 0 #430 183 10,983
PA Girls 0 #455 27 9,861
SD Boys 0 #462 5 10,523
PT Girls 0 #470 2 7,952
CM Boys 0 #477 74 12,054
UY Girls 0 #492 19 6,731
KW Girls 0 #499 17 19,177
CR Girls 0 #509 24 11,342
BH 0 #514 40 17,937
RU Girls 0 #517 7 11,913
BD Boys 0 #521 56 10,045
LY 0 #525 11 12,703
GT Girls 0 #534 8 7,500
AE Girls 0 #538 16 20,968
QA Boys 0 #538 170 18,093
IR Girls 0 #542 4 8,334
PS Girls 0 #544 4 10,981
CM Girls 0 #556 5 11,671
SG Girls 0 #567 20 18,916
AR Girls 0 #568 32 8,289
BO Girls 0 #572 40 9,488
HK Girls 0 #597 19 16,104
IQ Boys 0 #622 46 13,071
LB 0 #634 25 13,263
IL Girls 0 #642 4 11,648
IN Girls 0 #654 1 13,121
KW Boys 0 #665 105 18,755
SY 0 #715 14 11,684
AE Boys 0 #747 359 22,615
OM Boys 0 #747 135 17,948
NG Girls 0 #772 15 15,093
TN 0 #792 38 13,765
Germany Girls 0 #817 22 4,949
EG Boys 0 #820 67 15,035
CL Girls 0 #829 23 14,098
Spain Girls 0 #833 151 5,561
NG Boys 0 #845 107 16,906
United States Girls 2024 #859 58 8,487
PE Girls 0 #870 74 14,861
BR Girls 0 #902 40 12,708
SA Girls 0 #904 32 25,931
CO Girls 0 #927 152 16,140
MY Girls 0 #935 60 24,821
NL Girls 0 #946 10 5,933
MX Girls 0 #975 209 17,781
IN Boys 0 #979 23 16,750
MA 0 #982 147 20,986
EG Girls 0 #1,005 5 14,742
SA Boys 0 #1,029 672 28,008
ZA Girls 0 #1,083 59 25,928
DZ 0 #1,112 65 20,130
TR 0 #1,112 100 19,440
IT Girls 0 #1,321 126 9,415

Adrian is popular in 96 countries — most recent births per country:

Norway
Ireland
France
Scotland, United Kingdom
Canada

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People also ask about Adrian

Adrian is predominantly a boy's name.
Adrian is a 3 syllable name, pronounced /ˈeɪdriən/ (AY-dree-ən); Spanish: /aðˈɾjan/ (ah-DREE-ahn); French: /adʁjɛ̃/ (ah-dree-EN).
Common nicknames and spelling variations include Adrien, Adriano, Adrián, Adrianus, Hadrian and Adriane.
Yes, very popular — Adrian ranked #1 in Ireland in 2025, and appears in official birth registries across 13 countries.
Adrian ranks highest in Ireland (#1 in 2025).
Adrian's popularity is holding steady. It moved from #1 in 2015 to #1 in 2025 in Ireland.
Yes — 10 notable people named Adrian are in our database, including Adrian III (Politician), Adrian Năstase (Politician), Adrian Grenier (Actor|musician).
Yes — at least 2 celebrity couples have chosen Adrian for their child, including Edie Brickell and Paul Simon.