The baby name Adrijana is a Female name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced /aˈdri.ja.na/ (ah-dree-YAH-nah).
The baby name Adrijana is a Female name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced /aˈdri.ja.na/ (ah-dree-YAH-nah).
Adrijana is in Origin.
Adrijana is the South Slavic feminine form of Adriana, ultimately from Latin Hadrianus (“of Hadria”), a town in northern Italy that gave its name to the Adriatic Sea. The inserted j reflects Slavic orthography, marking the y sound in Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian, Slovenian, Macedonian, and Montenegrin usage. The core meaning is “woman from Hadria” or, by extension, “of the Adriatic,” a resonance that makes the name feel geographically at home along the Balkan coast.
The name spread through Europe via the fame of Emperor Hadrian and the later Christian cult of saints named Adrian, with the feminine forms flourishing in Romance and Slavic languages from the Renaissance onward. Common variants include Adriana (pan-European), Adrianna (English/Polish), Adrienne (French), and Jadranka (a Slavic calque). Nicknames and short forms include Adri, Ria, and Jana. Adrijana enjoyed steady use across the former Yugoslavia in the late 20th century and remains recognizable in the diaspora.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SI | 0 | #72 | 9 | 1,612 | |
| RS | 0 | #79 | 6 | 923 | |
| LT | 0 | #87 | 2 | 949 | |
| RS | Girls | 0 | #112 | 24 | 1,651 |
| SI | Girls | 0 | #125 | 50 | 2,769 |
| Switzerland | Girls | 2024 | #133 | 3 | 1,786 |
| HR | Girls | 0 | #144 | 228 | 3,687 |
| LT | Boys | 0 | #151 | 1 | 2,166 |
| HR | 0 | #152 | 28 | 2,081 | |
| Sweden | Girls | 2022 | #175 | 5 | 1,568 |
| LT | Girls | 0 | #192 | 9 | 1,904 |
| AL | Girls | 0 | #227 | 1 | 4,141 |
| GR | Girls | 0 | #249 | 1 | 6,293 |
| Canada | Girls | 2023 | #275 | 5 | 2,824 |
| Austria | Girls | 0 | #404 | 17 | 1,885 |
| RU | Girls | 0 | #523 | 1 | 11,913 |
| IL | Girls | 0 | #645 | 1 | 11,648 |
| Germany | Girls | 0 | #798 | 41 | 4,949 |
| United States | Girls | 2022 | #896 | 8 | 8,739 |
| BR | Girls | 0 | #992 | 1 | 12,708 |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #1,071 | 2 | 24,821 |
| TR | 0 | #1,254 | 1 | 19,440 | |
| MX | Girls | 0 | #1,267 | 1 | 17,781 |
| IT | Girls | 0 | #1,416 | 31 | 9,415 |
Adrijana is popular in 19 countries — most recent births per country:
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