Adrian (name)
Adrian is a male name . It is also used as a family name .
Origin and meaning of the name
The name comes from lat . Hadrian and is often interpreted as a man from the port city of Adriatic . According to ancient tradition, the epithet of the emperor Publius Aelius Hadrianus (2nd century) goes back to the place of origin of his parents: Hadria, today Atri , province of Teramo .
Another interpretation comes from the name variant Adrianus from the ancient Venetian language through the connection between the Adriatic river and the word adur for water.
Distribution in Germany
The first name Adrian has been used in Germany since the 1970s and has been used since the 13th century. He is now among the top 50 most popular first names. The frequency distribution shows the greatest regional clustering in the area of the two Hessian districts Hochtaunus and Wetterau as well as the five Rhineland-Palatinate districts Cochem-Zell , Rhine-Hunsrück , Mayen-Koblenz , Rhein-Lahn and Westerwald .
name day
Name days are September 8th (holiday of St. Adrianus ) as well as January 9th and March 4th.
See also : List of name days
variants
- Male: Adorján (Hungarian), Adria, Adriaan (Dutch), Adriaen (Dutch), Adrián (Spanish, Hungarian), Adriano (Italian, Portuguese), Adrianus , Adrien (French), Andrigan, Adrijan (Croatian, Slovenian), Arjan (Croatian, Dutch), Arie, Arjen (Dutch), Hadrian , Jadran
- Female: Ariane , Ariana , Adriana , Adriane , Adrienne , Jadranka
Name bearer
First name
- Adrián (football player) ( Adrián San Miguel del Castillo; * 1987), Spanish football goalkeeper
- Adrián Annus (* 1973), Hungarian hammer thrower
- Adrian Apmann (* 1989), German poker player
- Adrian Biddle (1952-2005), British cameraman
- Adrian von Borsselen (around 1417–1468), lord of Brigdamme, Zoutelande and Sint Laurens
- Adrian Bosshard (* 1962), Swiss motorcycle racer and entrepreneur
- Adrian Boult (1889–1983), British conductor
- Adrian Brunel (1892-1958), British film director
- Adrian I. von Bubenberg (around 1434–1479), Swiss mayor and commander
- Adrian II von Bubenberg (around 1458–1501), Swiss councilor and knight
- Adrián Caetano (* 1969), Argentine film director
- Adrian Can (* 1972), German actor
- Adrian Clayborn (* 1988), American football player
- Adrian Cristea (* 1983), Romanian football player
- Adrian Cronauer (1938–2018), American lawyer and former radio disc jockey
- Adrian Cunningham (* around 1980), American jazz musician
- Adrian Diel (1756–1839), German doctor and founder of pomology
- Adrián Fernández (* 1980), Argentinian football player
- Adrian Fisher (* 1951), British maze designer
- Adrian Frutiger (1928–2015), Swiss typographer and graphic artist
- Adrian Coriolan Gaspar (* 1987), Romanian-Austrian jazz pianist and composer
- Adrian Adolph Greenberg ( Adrian ), see Gilbert Adrian (1903-1959), American costume designer
- Adrian Grenier (* 1976), American actor and musician
- Adrian Gurvitz (* 1949), British musician
- Adrian Hates (* 1973), German musician
- Adrian Hoven (1922–1981), Austrian actor, director and film producer
- Adrian Knup (* 1968), Swiss football player
- Adrian Kozniku (* 1967), Croatian football player
- Adrian Lewis (* 1985), British darts player
- Adrián López (* 1988), Spanish football player
- Adrian Madaschi (* 1982), Australian soccer player
- Adrian Mannarino (* 1988), French tennis player
- Adrián Mateos (* 1994), Spanish poker player
- Adrian McKinty (* 1968), Northern Irish crime writer
- Adrian Mihalčišin (* 1954), Slovenian chess player
- Adrian Müller (1573–1644), merchant and councilor of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck
- Adrian Mutu (* 1979), Romanian football player
- Adrian Newey (* 1958), British Formula 1 engineer
- Adrian of Nicomedia († 306), Roman officer and martyr
- Adrian Pasdar (born 1965), American actor
- Adrian Paul (born 1959), British actor
- Adrian Pertl (* 1996), Austrian ski racer
- Adrian Peterson (born 1985), American football player
- Adrian Ludwig Richter (1803–1884), German Romantic painter
- Adrian Ridley (* 1982), Australian snooker player
- Adrian Sikora (* 1980), Polish football player
- Adrian Smith (born 1957), British musician
- Adrián Solano (* 1994), Venezuelan cross-country skier
- Adrian Solo (* 1972), Swiss pop musician
- Adrian Sutil (* 1983), German racing driver
- Adrian Topol (* 1981), Polish-German actor
- Adrian Dietrich Lothar von Trotha (1848–1920), German infantry general, see Lothar von Trotha
- Adrian Ungur (* 1985), Romanian tennis player
- Adrian Wahlen (* 1997), German actor
- Adrian Wehner (* 1982), German handball player
- Adrian Willaert (around 1490–1562), Flemish composer
- Adrian Winter (* 1986), Swiss football player
- Adrian Wöhler (* 1987), German handball player
- Adrian Zmed (* 1954), American actor
family name
- Alexander Adrian (* 1984), German soccer player
- Cem Adrian (* 1980), Turkish singer
- Chris Adrian (* 1970), American author
- Edgar Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian (1889–1977), British physiologist
- Gerhard Adrian , German meteorologist
- Gheorghe Adrian (1821-1889), Romanian general
- Grete Adrian (around 1610–1655), victim of the witch hunt
- Günter Adrian (* 1925), German writer
- Hanns Adrian (1931–2003), German architect and urban planner
- Hans Adrian (1890–1979), Swiss natural scientist
- Iris Adrian (1912–1994), American actress
- Jesús Adrián Escudero (* 1964), Spanish philosopher and university professor
- Karl Adrian (1861–1949), Austrian homeland researcher
- Kjell Adrian (* 1933), Swedish ice hockey player
- Manfred Adrian (1935–2018), German publisher
- Marc Adrian (1930–2008), Austrian artist and filmmaker
- Matthias Adrian (1976–2012), German politician (NPD) and dropout
- Max Adrian (singer) ( Makso Adrian ; 1888–1969), Yugoslav opera singer (tenor)
- Max Adrian (actor) (born Max Bor ; 1902 / 1903–1973), Irish actor and singer
- Nathan Adrian (* 1988), American swimmer
- Rhys Adrian (1928–1990), British writer
- Robert Adrian (1935–2015), Canadian-Austrian media artist
- Ronald Adrian (* 1945), American aerospace engineer
- Selvyna Adrian-Sofyan (* 1951), Indonesian sports shooter
- Ulrich Adrian (* 1958), German television journalist
- Valentin Adrian (1793–1864), German writer, neophilologist and librarian
- Vera Adrian (* 1993), Namibian cyclist
- Walter Adrian (1897–1963), Swiss writer and journalist
- William Lawrence Adrian (1883–1972), American bishop
Fictional people
- Adrian Leverkühn , main character from Thomas Mann's novel Doctor Faustus
- Adrian Lindhout , main character from Johannes Simmels We bid you hope
- Adrian Monk , fictional television detective, see Monk (television series)
- Adrian Pucey , character from the Harry Potter novel series
- Adrian the Tulip Thief , title hero of a novel by Otto Rombach and the television adaptation of the novel
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rosa Kohlheim: DUDEN - Lexicon of first names , 3rd edition, 1997
- ^ Adrian Room: Brewer's Dictionary of Names , ISBN 1-85986-323-X , p. 7
- ↑ Adrian on Popular-vornamen.de , accessed on March 29, 2015
Web links
Wiktionary: Adrian - Explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
