Adrian: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced AYD-ree-uhn · 3 syllables

Adrian means “from Hadria, a town by the sea”, from Latin.

From Latin Hadrianus (“from the Roman harbor Hadria”) a place name ultimately from Etruscan (hatria). Doublet of Hadrian. See Adria.

How popular is Adrian?

Adrian was the #74 name in the US in 2025, given to 4,505 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 32% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 2010.

Babies named Adrian in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 2010).

Half of US adults named Adrian are older than 36; most are between 19 and 68. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Adrian have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Adrian means “from Hadria, a town by the sea”. It comes from Latin.

Adrian is pronounced AYD-ree-uhn.

Adrian was the #74 name in the US in 2025, given to 4,505 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 32% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 2010.

Half of US adults named Adrian are older than 36. Most are between 19 and 68.