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Adrian

/ˈeɪ.dɹiː.ən/

Adrian proper noun: a male given name from Latin or Etruscan.

Proper noun

Adrian (countable and uncountable, plural Adrians)

  1. A male given name from Latin or Etruscan.
    • Which, of he, or Adrian, for a good wager, / Firſt begins to crow ?1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published...
    • "My only worth will be in always remembering to do the thing that pleases you; and yet, although I don't really like Adie, it has a more home-like, more whisperable sound than Adrian. Adrian is a grand, heroic sort of a name, yet what a beautiful name it is.1874, Bertha de Jongh, The Sisters Lawless, by the author of Rosa Noel, page 245
  2. (rare) A female given name from Latin (compare Adriana, Adrianna, Adrienne).
  3. A surname.
  4. A village in Livada, Satu Mare County, Romania.
  5. A village in Gurghiu, Mureș County, Romania.
  6. A city in Emanuel County and Johnson County, Georgia.
  7. An unincorporated community in Rock Creek Township, Hancock County, Illinois.
  8. A township in Jackson County, Kansas.
  9. A city, the county seat of Lenawee County, Michigan.
  10. A charter township in Lenawee County, Michigan.
  11. A city in Nobles County, Minnesota.
  12. A township in Watonwan County, Minnesota.
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  1. A city in Bates County, Missouri.
  2. A hamlet in Steuben County, New York.
  3. A township in LaMoure County, North Dakota.
  4. An unincorporated community in Big Spring Township, Seneca County, Ohio.
  5. A city in Malheur County, Oregon.
  6. An unincorporated community in East Franklin Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania.
  7. A township in Edmunds County, South Dakota.
  8. A city in Oldham County, Texas.
  9. An unincorporated community in Grant County, Washington.
  10. An unincorporated community in Upshur County, West Virginia.
  11. A town in Monroe County, Wisconsin.
  12. A neighborhood of Saint John, United States Virgin Islands.

Adjective

Adrian (comparative more Adrian, superlative most Adrian)

  1. Relating to the Adriatic Sea.
    • Adrian billows

Adrian meaning in Bengali, Persian and Vietnamese

Adrian in Bengali

তৎসংশ্লিষ্ট নির্দিষ্ট ধারণা, বিষয়, বস্তু, প্রকাশ

Adrian in Persian

male given name
آدریان âdriân

Adrian in Vietnamese

male given name
Ađrianô, Hađrianô

Examples of Adrian in a sentence

  • His baptismal register spoke of him pessimistically as John Henry, but he had left that behind with the other maladies of infancy, and his friends knew him under the front-name of Adrian.1912, Saki, Adrian:
  • We Adrians are notoriously abstracted, are we not?1991 September, Stephen Fry, chapter 2, in The Liar, London: Heinemann, →ISBN, section I, page 40:

Forms of Adrian

Proper noun
pluralAdrians
Adjective
comparativemore Adrian
superlativemost Adrian

Origin of Adrian

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

Phrases with Adrian

Questions about Adrian

What does Adrian mean?
Adrian means a male given name from Latin or Etruscan.
What is Adrian in Bengali?
Adrian in Bengali is তৎসংশ্লিষ্ট নির্দিষ্ট ধারণা, বিষয়, বস্তু. See Adrian meaning in Bengali.
How do you use Adrian in a sentence?
His baptismal register spoke of him pessimistically as John Henry, but he had left that behind with the other maladies of infancy, and his friends knew him under the front-name of Adrian.
What part of speech is Adrian?
Adrian can be a proper noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce Adrian?
Adrian is pronounced /ˈeɪ.dɹiː.ən/ (UK).

Words near Adrian in the dictionary

  1. Adria
  2. adriablastin
  3. Adrialuna
  4. adriamycin
  5. adriamycinone
  6. Adrian
  7. Adrian Quist
  8. Adriana
  9. Adriane
  10. adrianichthyid
  11. adrianichthyids

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Adrian (page history and authors); adrian (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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