# Adrian
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈeɪ.dɹiː.ən/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Proper noun

Adrian (plural Adrians)
* A male given name from Latin or Etruscan.
** 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 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:Which, of he, or Adrian, for a good wager, / Firſt begins to crow ?
** 1874, Bertha de Jongh, The Sisters Lawless, by the author of Rosa Noel, page 245:"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.
** 1912, Saki, Adrian: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.
** 1991 September, Stephen Fry, chapter 2, in The Liar, London: Heinemann, →ISBN, section I, page 40:I'm afraid neither of us was looking where we were going. We Adrians are notoriously abstracted, are we not?
* (rare) A female given name from Latin (compare Adriana, Adrianna, Adrienne).
* A surname.
* A village in Livada, Satu Mare County, Romania.
* A village in Gurghiu, Mureș County, Romania.
* A number of places in the United States:
** A city in Emanuel County and Johnson County, Georgia.
** An unincorporated community in Rock Creek Township, Hancock County, Illinois.
** A city, the county seat of Lenawee County, Michigan.
** A city in Nobles County, Minnesota, United States.
** A city in Bates County, Missouri.
** A hamlet in Steuben County, New York.
** An unincorporated community in Big Spring Township, Seneca County, Ohio.
** A city in Malheur County, Oregon.
** An unincorporated community in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania.
** A city in Oldham County, Texas.
** An unincorporated community in Grant County, Washington.
** An unincorporated community in Upshur County, West Virginia.
** A town in Monroe County, Wisconsin.
* A neighborhood of Saint John, United States Virgin Islands.

#### Usage notes

Made famous by the Roman emperor Hadrian and early saints. Rare as a given name among English-speakers until the second half of the 20th century.

#### Related terms

* pet form: Adie, Ade
* female given names: Adriana, Adrienne

#### Translations
### Adjective

Adrian (comparative more Adrian, superlative most Adrian)
* Relating to the Adriatic Sea.
    Adrian billows

### Anagrams

* Adrina, Ardian, Darian, ardian, radian

## Danish
### Etymology

From Latin Hadrianus, ultimately from Etruscan 𐌇𐌀𐌕𐌓𐌉𐌀 (hatria).

### Proper noun

Adrian
* a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Adrian

## Faroese
### Etymology

From Latin Hadrianus, ultimately from Etruscan 𐌇𐌀𐌕𐌓𐌉𐌀 (hatria).

### Proper noun

Adrian m
* a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Adrian

#### Usage notes

Patronymics
* son of Adrian: Adriansson
* daughter of Adrian: Adriansdóttir

#### Declension
## German
### Etymology

From Latin Hadriānus, ultimately from Etruscan 𐌇𐌀𐌕𐌓𐌉𐌀 (hatria).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈaːd.ʁi.aːn/, [ˈʔaːd.ʁi.aːn]
* Audio:(file)
* Audio:(file)
* Audio (Austria):(file)
* Hyphenation: Ad‧ri‧an

### Proper noun

Adrian m (proper noun, strong, genitive (only with an article) Adrian or Adrians, plural Adriane or (colloquial) Adrians)
* a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Adrian

#### Declension

$^1$Only with an article. $^2$Colloquial.

#### Related terms

* Adi, Adri, Adriaen, Adrianus, Ari, Ary

## Manx
### Etymology

From Latin Hadrianus, ultimately from Etruscan 𐌇𐌀𐌕𐌓𐌉𐌀 (hatria).

### Proper noun

Adrian m
* a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Adrian

## Norwegian
### Etymology

From Latin Hadrianus, ultimately from Etruscan 𐌇𐌀𐌕𐌓𐌉𐌀 (hatria).

### Proper noun

Adrian
* a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Adrian

## Polish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Hadrianus, ultimately from Etruscan 𐌇𐌀𐌕𐌓𐌉𐌀 (hatria).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈa.drjan/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -adrjan
* Syllabification: A‧drian

### Proper noun

Adrian m pers (female equivalent Adrianna or Adriana)
* a male given name, equivalent to English Adrian

#### Declension
### Further reading

* Adrian in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian Adorján.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Adrian m
* A village in Gurghiu, Mureș, Romania
* A locality in Livada, Satu Mare, Romania

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Latin Hadrianus, ultimately from Etruscan 𐌇𐌀𐌕𐌓𐌉𐌀 (hatria).

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Adrian c (genitive Adrians)
* a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Adrian

### Anagrams

* radian