Adrian

given name · Latin script

Meaning: from the male personal name Adrian, from Latin Adrianus or Hadrianus, literally 'person from Hadria'

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/aðɾjan/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Adrian is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Brazil than in any other country. In Switzerland it is the 47th most common given name.

rarermore common
  • RORomania≈1 in 120(inferred from the name graph)
  • ESSpain1 in 304
  • CHSwitzerland≈1 in 531

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Adrian itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Brazil (measured from records)

306,398 named Adriano, 2022

#310 (measured from records)

of 15M given names

6 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
573 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 120 (inferred from the name graph)

Romania, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

AdrianLatin(measured from records)
אדריאןHebrew(measured from records)
ΑντριάνGreek(measured from records)
АдрианCyrillic(measured from records)
আদ্রিয়ানBengali(measured from records)
ადრიანGeorgian(measured from records)

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

from the male personal name Adrian, from Latin Adrianus or Hadrianus, literally 'person from Hadria'

Sources 1

  • Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]

Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.

Often considered alongside

Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Adrian, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.

From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Adrian counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Adrian is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
BR Brazil#831306,398as Adriano1 in 691338KAdrian150
US United States#355241,0931 in 1.4K228KAdrian573
NL Netherlands—177,434as Adrianus1 in 97177KAdrian100
RO Romania#70≈180,000 est.≈1 in 120—Adrian145
ES Spain#70164,7501 in 304165KAdrian241
PL Poland—149,5451 in 256150KAdrian9
HU Hungary—30,064as Adrienn1 in 32530K—6
CH Switzerland#47≈16,000 est.≈1 in 53172Adrian148

306,398 people counted by IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror), 2022, counting the spelling adriano. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); IBGE — Nomes (census name API); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); Nyilvántartó — Top-100 given names in population (2020–2025); FSO — Vornamen der Neugeborenen und Wohnbevölkerung. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Adrian is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Polish given name107 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Poland, Russia, United States, Ukraine

    Languages: Polish, Russian, Ukrainian

    Also written Адриан, Адріан, Adrián, Adrijan, Адріян

  • Catalan given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Argentina, Andorra

    Also written Adrián

  • Romanian given name6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Romania, United States, Spain, United Kingdom

    Also written Adrián, AdriÃn, ̧-Adrian

  • a separate name9 spellings in the group

    Also written Ádrian, Ad́rian, Àdrian, AdriÃn, Adrían

  • Indonesian given name6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, United States

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay

    Also written Adrián, 'Adrian, Adrian', AdriÃn

  • Lao given name58 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Laos, Thailand, United States, Philippines

    Languages: Lao, Thai

    Also written Adriana, Adrián, เอเดรียน, เอเดรี่ยน, Adrían

76 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Adrian is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Latin, Betsileo (Madagascar): nobility-class name; Latin: 'of the Adriatic' / 'dark one'

    as a nameAfrican Names

  • In English, Latin 'of the Adriatic'; from Hadrianus, name of the Roman emperor Hadrian.

    as a nameIrish first names

  • From Latin. See fAdrian in main _ dictionary. Feminine form: Adriana.

    as a nameA concise dictionary of first names

  • In English, A male given name from Latin or Etruscan.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Swedish, Adrian är ett latinskt mansnamn, från början Hadrianus ’man från Hadria’ (antikens Atria, stad i norra Italien; jfr Adriatiska havet). Namnet har nått Norden via Nederländerna. Det har varit bland de populäraste pojknamnen de senaste decennierna. I både den rikssvenska och finlandssvenska almanackan 4 mars, efter en martyr i Mindre Asien (död 304).

    as a nameFörnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1400160018002000Adriaan Willaert, b. 1480Leigh Harline, b. 1907Kim Philby, b. 1912Adrian Năstase, b. 1950Adrian Smith, b. 1957Adrian Pasdar, b. 1965Adrian Martinez, b. 1972Adrian Grenier, b. 1976Walter Samuel, b. 1978Adrian Mutu, b. 1979
  • Adriaan Willaertb. 1480BEnot in their usual nameFranco-Flemish composer and founder of the Venetian School (1480–1562)
  • Leigh Harlineb. 1907USnot in their usual nameAmerican film composer and songwriter (1907-1969)
  • Kim Philbyb. 1912GBnot in their usual nameKGB mole for the Soviet Union (1912–1988)
  • Adrian Năstaseb. 1950RO59th Prime Minister of Romania (2000-2004)
  • Adrian Smithb. 1957GBEnglish guitarist
  • Adrian Pasdarb. 1965USAmerican actor and director
  • Adrian Martinezb. 1972USAmerican actor
  • Adrian Grenierb. 1976USAmerican actor, director, producer, musician
  • Walter Samuelb. 1978ARnot in their usual nameArgentine association football player (born 1978)
  • Adrian Mutub. 1979RORomanian footballer (born 1979)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalHola Adrian,Hi Adrian, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 141 sources across 65 countries.

Official registers attesting Adrian
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020228K#232
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—165K#50
ES SpainINE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)—160K#30
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20)2026150K#49
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—149K#49
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)202268K—
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—65K#451
BR BrazilIBGE — Nomes (census name API)—30K#1,092
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex202013K#232
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)20209.4K—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)20254.5K—
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—2.3K#451

Reference works 11

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

Is Adrian a male or female name?
Adrian is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
What are other forms of the name Adrian?
In the etymology graph, Adriano, Adrien and Arjan are forms of the same name in other languages.
How do you pronounce Adrian?
A machine transcription gives /aðɾjan/ (IPA) for Spanish.
What does the name Adrian mean, and where does it come from?
from the male personal name Adrian, from Latin Adrianus or Hadrianus, literally 'person from Hadria' Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
In which country does Adrian have the most bearers?
In Brazil, the national register counted about 306 thousand people named Adriano, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Adrian?
In the United States, the national register counted 241,093 people named Adrian in 2020, about 1 in 1.4 thousand residents.
How common is Adrian compared with other names?
In Brazil, Adrian is the 831st most common given name of 474,894 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Adrian” — the 831st most common given name in Brazil. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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