Adrian Pronunciation English: /ˈ eɪ d r i ən AY -dree-ənGerman: [ˈaːdʁiaːn] Romanian: [adriˈan] Polish: [ˈadrjan] Spanish: [aˈðɾjan] Gender Male Other gender Feminine Adriana ,Adriane ,Adrienne Origin Word/name Latin Meaning "fromAdria " Region of origin Pinnaculum Anatarius Other names Nickname(s) Ade, Ada, Ady,Aďko Related names Adriaan ,Adriaen ,Adriana ,Adriane ,Adriano/Adrião ,Adrianus ,Adrien ,Adrienne ,Ada ,Ari ,Arie ,Hadrien ,Jadran ,Jadranko
Adrian is a form of theLatin given name Adrianus orHadrianus . Its ultimate origin is most likely via the former riverAdria from theVenetic andIllyrian wordadur , meaning "sea" or "water".[ 1] [ 2]
The Adria was until the 8th century BC the main channel of thePo River into theAdriatic Sea but ceased to exist before the 1st century BC.Hecataeus of Miletus (c.550 – c.476 BC) asserted that both theEtruscan harbor city ofAdria and the Adriatic Sea had been named after it.[ 3] Hadrian 's family was named after the city or region of Adria/Hadria, nowAtri , inPicenum , which most likely started as an Etruscan or Greek colony of the older harbor city of the same name.[ 4]
Severalsaints and six popes have borne this name, including the only English pope,Adrian IV , and the only Dutch pope,Adrian VI . As an English name, it has been in use since the Middle Ages.
Pope Adrian I (c. 700–795)Pope Adrian II (c. 792–872)Pope Adrian III (c. 830–885)Pope Adrian IV (c. 1100–1159), English popePope Adrian V (c. 1205–1276)Pope Adrian VI (1459–1523)Adrian of Batanea (died 308), Christian martyr and saintAdrian of Canterbury (died 710), scholar and Abbot of St Augustine's Abbey in CanterburyAdrian of Castello (1460–1521), Italian cardinal and writerAdrian of May (died 875), Scottish saint from the Isle of May, martyred by VikingsAdrian of Moscow (1627–1700), last pre-revolutionary Patriarch of Moscow and All RussiaAdrian of Nicomedia (died 306), martyr and Herculian Guard of the Roman Emperor Galerius MaximianAdrian of Ondrusov (died 1549), Russian Orthodox saint and wonder-workerAdrian of Poshekhonye (died 1550), Russian Orthodox saint, hegumen of Dormition monastery in Yaroslavl regionAdrian of Transylvania (fl. 1183–1201), Hungarian bishop and chancellorAdrian Fortescue (martyr) (1476–1539), English courtier at Henry VIII's court, beatified as a Roman Catholic martyrAdrian Gouffier de Boissy (1479–1523), French Roman Catholic bishop and cardinalAdrian Kivumbi Ddungu (1923–2009), Ugandan Roman Catholic bishopAdrian Leo Doyle (born 1936), Australian prelate of the Roman Catholic ChurchGovernment and politics [ edit ] Adrian Amstutz (born 1953), Swiss politicianAdrian Arnold (1932–2018), American politicianAdrian Bailey (born 1945), British politicianAdrian Baillie (1898–1947), British politicianAdrian A. Basora (born 1938), US Ambassador to the Czech RepublicAdrian Benepe (born 1957), American Commissioner of the New York City Department of Parks & RecreationAdrian Bennett (1933–2006), Australian politicianAdrian Benjamin Bentzon (1777–1827), Norwegian Governor of the British West IndiesAdrian Berry, 4th Viscount Camrose (1937–2016), British hereditary peer and journalistAdrian P. Burke (1904–2000), American judge and politicianAdrián Fernández Cabrera (born 1967), Mexican politicianAdrian Cioroianu (born 1967), Romanian Minister of Foreign AffairsAdrian Cochrane-Watson (born 1967), Irish politicianAdrian Davis (civil servant) , British economist and civil servantAdrian Delia (born 1969), Maltese politicianAdrian Fenty (born 1970), American politician, mayor of Washington D.C.Adrian Flook (born 1963), British politicianAdrian Foster (politician) , Canadian politicianAdrian Hasler (born 1964), Prime Minister of LiechtensteinAdrian Knatchbull-Hugessen (1891–1976), Canadian lawyer and senatorAdrian Kubicki (born 1987),Consul General of the Republic of Poland in New York City .Adrián Vázquez Lázara (born 1982), Spanish politicianAdrian Molin (1880–1942), Swedish writer and political activistAdrian Năstase (born 1950), Romanian politicianAdrian Neritani , formerPermanent Representative of Albania to the United Nations Adrián Rivera Pérez (born 1962), Mexican politicianAdrian Piccoli (born 1970), Australian politicianAdrian Cola Rienzi (1905–1972), Trinidadin and Tobagonian trade unionist, civil rights activist, politician, and lawyerAdriano Sánchez Roa (born 1956), Dominican politicianAdrian Rurawhe (born 1961), New Zealand politicianAdrian M. Smith (born 1970), American politicianAdrian Sanders (born 1959), British politicianAdrian Severin (born 1954), Romanian politician and Member of the European ParliamentAdrian Smith (politician) (born 1970), American politicianAdrian Stokes (courtier) (1519–1586), English politicianAdrian Stoughton (1556–1614), English politicianAdrian Zuckerman (born 1956), US Ambassador to RomaniaAdrian Albert (1905–1972), American mathematicianAdrian Baddeley (born 1955), Australian scientistAdrian Bailey (academic) , American scholarAdrian Bejan (born 1948), Romanian-born professor of mechanical engineering at Duke UniversityAdrian Beverland (1650–1716), Dutch philosopher and jurist who settled in EnglandAdrian Bird (born 1947), British geneticistAdrian Bowyer (born 1952), British engineer, creator of the RepRap projectAdrian John Brown (1852–1919), British professor and pioneerAdrian David Cheok (born 1971/1972), Australian electrical engineer and professorAdrian Curaj (born 1958), Romanian engineerAdrian Darby (born 1937), British conservationist and academicAdrian Goldsworthy (born 1969), British historian and author who writes mostly about ancient Roman historyAdrian Hardy Haworth (1767–1833), English entomologist, botanist and carcinologistAdrian Ioana (born 1981), Romanian mathematicianAdrian Mihai Ionescu , Romanian professorAdrian Ioviță (born 1954), Romanian-Canadian mathematicianAdrian Jacobsen (1853–1947), Norwegian ethnologist and explorerAdrian Kaehler , American scientist, engineer, entrepreneur, inventor, and authorAdrian Liston (born 1980), British immunologist and authorAdrian Paterson , South African scientist and engineerAdrián Recinos (1886–1962), Guatemalan historian, Mayanist and diplomatAdrian Smith (born 1946), British statisticianAdrian Stephens (1795–1876), English engineer, inventor of the steam whistleAdrian V. Stokes (1945–2020), British computer scientistAdrian Webb (born 1943), British academic and public administratorAdrian Zenz (born 1974), German anthropologistAdrian Becher (1897–1957), British Army officer and cricketerAdrian von Bubenberg (1434–1479), Bernese knight, military commander and mayorAdrian Carton de Wiart (1880–1963), Belgian-born British Army lieutenant-general awarded the Victoria CrossAdrian Cole (RAAF officer) (1895–1966), Australian World War I flying aceAdrian Johns (born 1951), English governor of Gibraltar and former Royal Navy vice-admiralAdrian Dietrich Lothar von Trotha (1848–1920), German military commander in AfricaAdrian Marks (1917–1998), United States Navy pilotAdrian Consett Stephen (1894–1918), Australian artillery officer and playwrightAdrian Warburton (1918–1944), British Second World War pilotAdrián Woll (1795–1875), French Mexican general during the Texas Revolution and the Mexican–American WarAdrian Amos (born 1993), American football playerAdrian Arrington (born 1985), American football playerAdrian Awasom (born 1983), Cameroon-born American football playerAdrian Baird (born 1979), Canadian football playerAdrian Baril (1898–1961), American football playerAdrian Battles (born 1987), American football playerAdrian Breen (quarterback) (born 1965), American football playerAdrian Burk (1927–2003), American football playerAdrian Clarke (born 1991), Canadian football playerAdrian Clayborn (born 1988), American football playerAdrian Colbert (born 1993), American football playerAdrian Cooper (born 1968), American football playerAdrian Davis (Canadian football) (born 1981), Canadian football playerA. J. Davis (cornerback, born 1983) , American football player known as A.J. DavisAdrian Dingle (American football) (born 1977), American football playerAdrian Ealy (born 1999), American football playerAdrian Ford (1904–1977), American football playerAdrian Grady (born 1985), American football playerAdrian Hamilton (born 1987), American football playerAdrian Hardy (born 1970), American football playerAdrian Hubbard (born 1992), American football playerAdrian Jones (American football) (born 1981), American football playerAdrian Killins (born 1998), American football playerAdrian Klemm (born 1977), American football player and coachAdrian Madise (born 1980), American football playerAdrian Magee (born 1996), American football playerAdrian Martinez (American football) (born 2000), American football playerAdrian Mayes (born 1980), American football playerAdrian Moten (born 1988), American football playerAdrian Murrell (born 1970), American football playerAdrian Peterson (American football, born 1979) , American football playerAdrian Peterson (born 1985), American football playerAdrian Phillips (born 1992), American football playerAdrian Robinson (1989–2015), American football playerAdrian Ross (born 1975), American football playerAdrian Tracy (born 1988), American football playerAdrian White (American football) (born 1964), American football playerAdrian Wilson (American football) (born 1979), American football playerAdrian Young (American football) (born 1949), American football playerAssociation football [ edit ] Adrián Aldrete (born 1988), Mexican footballerAdrian Aliaj (born 1976), Albanian footballerAdrian Allenspach (born 1969), Swiss footballerAdrian Alston (born 1949), English footballerAdrián Álvarez (born 1968), Argentine footballerAdrian Anca (born 1976), Romanian footballer and managerAdrian Antunović (born 1989), Croatian footballerAdrián Argachá (born 1986), Uruguayan footballerAdrian García Arias (born 1975), Mexican footballer and managerAdrián Arregui (born 1992), Argentine footballerAdrián Ascues (born 2002), Peruvian footballerAdrian Ávalos (born 1974), Argentine footballerAdrian Avrămia (born 1992), Romanian footballerAdrian Bajrami (born 2002), Swiss footballerAdrian Bakalli (born 1976), Belgian footballerAdrian Bălan (born 1990), Romanian footballerAdrián Balboa (born 1994), Uruguayan footballerAdrian Baldovin (born 1971), Romanian footballerAdrian Barbullushi (born 1968), Albanian footballerAdrian Bartkowiak (born 1987), Polish footballerAdrian Basta (born 1988), Polish footballerAdrián Bastía (born 1978), Argentine footballerAdrian Beck (born 1997), German footballerAdrian Benedyczak (born 2000), Polish footballerAdrián Berbia (born 1977), Uruguayan goalkeeperAdrián Bernabé (born 2001), Spanish footballerAdrian Bevington (bornc. 1971 ), British football PR and director Adrian Bielawski (born 1996), Polish footballerAdrian Bird (born 1969), English footballerAdrian Błąd (born 1991), Polish footballerAdrian Blake (born 2005), English footballerAdrian Bogoi (born 1973), Romanian footballerAdrián Bone (born 1988), Ecuadorian footballerAdrian Boothroyd (born 1971), English footballer and managerAdrian Borza (born 1985), Romanian footballerAdrian Budka (born 1980), Polish footballerAdrian Bumbescu (born 1960), Romanian footballerAdrian Bumbut (born 1984), Romanian footballerAdrian Butters (born 1988), Canadian soccer playerAdrián Butzke (born 1999), Spanish footballerAdrian Caceres (born 1982), Argentine footballerAdrián Calello (born 1987), Argentine footballerAdrián Cañas (born 1992), Spanish footballerAdrian Cann (born 1980), Canadian soccer playerAdrian Cașcaval (born 1987), Moldovan footballerAdrián Centurión (born 1993), Argentine footballerAdrián Čermák (born 1993), Slovak footballerAdrian Chama (born 1989), Zambian footballerAdrián Chávez (born 1962), Mexican footballerAdrian Chomiuk (born 1988), Polish footballerAdrián Chovan (born 1995), Slovak footballerAdrian Cieślewicz (born 1990), Polish footballerAdrian Clarke (footballer) (born 1974), English footballerAdrian Clifton (born 1988), English footballerAdrián Colombino (born 1993), Uruguayan footballerAdrián Colunga (born 1984), Spanish footballerAdrian Coote (born 1978), English footballerAdrián Cortés (born 1983), Mexican footballerAdrian Cristea (born 1983), Romanian footballerAdrián Cruz (born 1987), Spanish footballerAdrián Cuadra (born 1997), Chilean footballerAdrian Cuciula (born 1986), Romanian footballerAdrian Cucovei (born 1982), Moldovan footballerAdrian Dabasse (born 1993), French footballerAdrián Dalmau (born 1994), Spanish footballerAdrian Danek (born 1994), Polish footballerAdrián Diéguez (born 1996), Spanish footballerAdrian Drida (born 1982), Romanian footballerAdrian Dubois (born 1987), American footballerAdrian Dulcea (born 1978), Romanian footballer and managerAdrian Durrer (born 2001), Swiss footballerAdrian Edqvist (born 1999), Swedish footballerAdrián El Charani (born 2000), Venezuelan footballerAdrian Elrick (born 1949), New Zealand footballerAdrián Escudero (1927–2011), Spanish footballerAdrián Faúndez (born 1989), Chilean footballerAdrian Fein (born 1999), German footballerAdrián Fernández (footballer, born 1980) , Argentine footballerAdrián Fernández (footballer, born 1992) , Paraguayan footballerAdrian Foncette (born 1988), Trinidadian footballerAdrian Forbes (born 1979), English footballerAdrian Foster (footballer) (born 1971), English footballer and managerAdrián Fuentes (born 1996), Spanish footballerAdrián Gabbarini (born 1985), Argentine footballerAdrian Dan Găman (born 1978), Romanian footballerAdrian Gheorghiu (born 1981), Romanian footballerAdrian Gîdea (born 2000), Romanian footballerAdrián González (footballer, born 1976) , Argentine footballerAdrián González (footballer, born 1988) , Spanish footballerAdrián González (footballer, born 1995) , Argentine footballerAdrián González (footballer, born 2003) , Mexican footballerAdrián Hernán González (born 1976), Argentine footballerAdrián Goransch (born 1999), Mexican footballerAdrian Grbić (born 1996), Austrian footballerAdrian Grigoruță (born 1983), Romanian footballerAdrian Gryszkiewicz (born 1999), Polish footballerAdrián Gunino (born 1989), Uruguayan footballerAdrian Hajdari (born 2000), Macedonian footballerAdrian Aleksander Hansen (born 2001), Norwegian footballerAdrian Heath (born 1961), English footballer and managerAdrian Henger (born 1996), Polish footballerAdrián José Hernández (born 1983), Spanish footballer, known as PolloAdrián Horváth (born 1987), Hungarian footballerAdrian Iencsi (born 1975), Romanian footballer and managerAdrian Ilie (born 1974), Romanian footballerAdrian Ilie (footballer, born 1981) , Romanian footballerAdrian Ionescu (footballer, born 1958) , Romanian footballerAdrian Ionescu (footballer, born 1985) , Romanian footballerAdrian Ioniță (born 2000), Romanian footballerAdrian Iordache (born 1980), Romanian footballerAdrian Dragoș Iordache (born 1981), Romanian footballerAdrian Jevrić (born 1986), German footballerAdrián Jusino (born 1992), Bolivian footballerAdrian Kappenberger (born 1996), Danish footballerAdrian Kasztelan (born 1986), Polish footballerAdrian Klepczyński (born 1981), Polish footballerAdrian Klimczak (born 1997), Polish footballerAdrian Knup (born 1968), Swiss footballerAdrián Kocsis (born 1991), Hungarian footballerAdrian Kunz (born 1967), Swiss footballerAdrián Lapeña (born 1996), Spanish footballerAdrián Torres Lázaro (born 1998), Spanish footballer commonly known as LeleAdrian Leijer (born 1986), Australian footballerAdrián Leites (born 1992), Uruguayan footballerAdrian LeRoy (born 1987), Canadian soccer playerAdrián Leško (born 1995), Slovak footballerAdrian Liber (born 2001), Croatian footballerAdrian Lis (born 1992), Polish footballerAdrian Littlejohn (born 1970), English footballerAdrián Lois (born 1989), Spanish footballerAdrián López (footballer, born 1987) , Spanish footballerAdrián López (born 1988), Spanish footballerAdrián Lozano (born 1999), Mexican footballerAdrian Lucaci (1966–2020), Romanian footballerAdrián Lucero (born 1985), Argentine footballerAdrián Marín Lugo (born 1994), Mexican footballerAdrián Luna (born 1992), Uruguayan footballerAdrian Łyszczarz (born 1999), Polish footballerAdrian Madaschi (born 1982), Australian footballerAdrian Małachowski (born 1998), Polish footballerAdrian Marek (born 1987), Polish footballerAdrian Mariappa (born 1986), English footballerAdrián Marín (footballer, born 1994) , Mexican footballerAdrián Marín (footballer, born 1997) , Spanish footballerAdrian Mărkuș (born 1992), Romanian footballerAdrián Martín (footballer) (born 1982), Spanish footballerAdrián Martínez (Mexican footballer) (born 1970)Adrián Martínez (Venezuelan footballer) (born 1993)Adrián Emmanuel Martínez (born 1992), Argentine footballerAdrián Nahuel Martínez (born 1992), Argentine footballerAdrian Matei (footballer) (born 1968), Romanian footballerAdrian Mazilu (born 2005), Romanian footballerAdrian Mierzejewski (born 1986), Polish footballerAdrian Mihalcea (born 1976), Romanian footballerAdrian Moescu (born 2001), Romanian footballerAdrián Mouriño (born 1988), Spanish footballerAdrian Mrowiec (born 1983), Polish footballerAdrian Mutu (born 1979), Romanian footballerAdrian Nalați (born 1983), Romanian footballerAdrian Napierała (born 1982), Polish footballerAdrian Neaga (born 1979), Romanian footballerAdrian Negrău (born 1968), Romanian footballerAdrian Neniță (born 1996), Romanian footballerAdrian Nikçi (born 1989), Swiss footballerAdrian Romeo Niță (born 2003), Romanian footballerAdrian Olah (born 1981), Romanian footballerAdrian Olegov (born 1985), Bulgarian footballerAdrian Olszewski (born 1993), Polish footballerAdrián Ortolá (born 1993), Spanish footballerAdrian Paluchowski (born 1987), Polish footballerAdrian Pătraș (born 1984), Moldovan footballerAdrian Pătulea (born 1984), Romanian footballerAdrián Paz (born 1966), Uruguayan footballerAdrian Pelka (born 1981), German footballerAdrian Pennock (born 1971), English footballerAdrián Peralta (born 1982), Argentine footballerAdrian Pereira (born 1999), Norwegian footballerAdrian Petre (born 1998), Romanian footballerAdrian Pettigrew (born 1986), English footballerAdrian Pigulea (born 1968), Romanian footballerAdrian Piț (born 1983), Romanian footballerAdrian Pitu (born 1975), Romanian footballerAdrian Popa (footballer, born 1988) , Romanian footballerAdrian Popa (footballer, born 1990) , Romanian footballerAdrian Poparadu (born 1987), Romanian footballerAdrian Popescu (born 1960), Romanian footballerAdrian Popescu (footballer, born 1975) , Romanian footballerAdrian Pukanych (born 1981), Ukrainian footballerAdrian Pulis (born 1979), Maltese footballerAdrian Purzycki (born 1997), Polish footballerAdrian Rakowski (born 1990), Polish footballerAdrián Ramos (born 1986), Colombian footballerAdrián Ricchiuti (born 1978), Argentine footballerAdrián Riera (born 1996), Spanish footballerAdrián Ripa (born 1985), Spanish footballerAdrian Rochet (born 1987), Israeli footballerAdrián Rojas (born 1977), Chilean footballerAdrian Rolko (born 1978), Czech footballerAdrián Romero (Argentine footballer) (born 1975)Adrián Romero (Uruguayan footballer) (born 1977)Adrian Ropotan (born 1986), Romanian footballerAdrián Ruelas (born 1991), American soccer playerAdrian Rus (born 1996), Romanian footballerAdrian Rusu (born 1984), Romanian footballerAdrián Sahibeddine (born 1994), French footballerAdrian Sălăgeanu (born 1983), Romanian footballerAdrián Sánchez (born 1999), Argentine footballerAdrián San Miguel del Castillo (born 1987), Spanish football goalkeeper known as simply AdriánAdrián Sardinero (born 1990), Spanish footballerAdrian Sarkissian (born 1979), Uruguayan footballerAdrian Scarlatache (born 1986), Romanian footballerAdrian Schlagbauer (born 2002), German footballerAdrián Scifo (born 1987), Argentine footballerAdrian Šemper (born 1998), Croatian footballerAdrian Senin (born 1979), Romanian footballerAdrian Serioux (born 1979), Canadian soccer playerAdrian Sikora (born 1980), Polish footballerAdrian Sosnovschi (born 1977), Moldovan footballer and managerAdrián Spörle (born 1995), Argentine footballerAdrian Spyrka (born 1967), German footballerAdrian Stanilewicz (born 2000), German footballerAdrian Șter (born 1998), Romanian footballerAdrian Stoian (born 1991), Romanian footballerAdrian Stoicov (1967–2017), Romanian footballerAdrian Șut (born 1999), Romanian footballerAdrian Świątek (born 1986), Polish footballerAdrián Szekeres (born 1989), Hungarian footballerAdrián Szőke (born 1998), Serbian footballerAdrian Toma (born 1976), Romanian footballerAdrián Torres (born 1989), Argentine footballerAdrian Trinidad (born 1982), Argentine footballerAdrián Turmo (born 2001), Spanish footballerAdrián Ugarriza (born 1997), Peruvian footballerAdrian Ursea (born 1967), Romanian footballer and managerAdrian Valentić (born 1987), Croatian footballerAdrian Vera (born 1997), American footballerAdrian Viciu (born 1991), Romanian footballerAdrian Viveash (born 1969), English footballer, better known as Adi ViveashAdrian Vlas (born 1982), Romanian footballerAdrian Ionuț Voicu (born 1992), Romanian footballerAdrian Voiculeț (born 1985), Romanian footballerAdrian Webster (footballer, born 1951) , English footballer and coachAdrian Webster (footballer, born 1980) , New Zealand footballerAdrian Whitbread (born 1971), English footballer and managerAdrian Williams , better known as Ady Williams (born 1971), English footballer and managerAdrian Winter (born 1986), Swiss footballerAdrian Woźniczka (born 1982), Polish footballerAdrian Zahra (born 1990), Australian footballerAdrian Zaluschi (born 1989), Romanian footballerAdrián Zambrano (born 2000), Venezuelan footballerAdrián Zela (born 1989), Peruvian footballerAdrian Zendejas (born 1995), American footballerAdrián Zermeño (born 1979), Mexican footballerAdrian Constantine Anson better known asCap Anson (1852–1922), American baseball player Adrián Beltré (born 1979), Dominican Republic baseball playerAdrian Brown (baseball) (born 1974), American baseball playerAdrian Burnside (born 1977), Australian baseball playerAdrian Cárdenas (born 1987), American baseball playerAdrian Devine (1951–2020), American baseball playerAdrian Garrett (1943–2021), American baseball player and coachAdrián González (born 1982), American-Mexican baseball playerAdrian Houser (born 1993), American baseball playerAddie Joss (1880–1911), American baseball pitcherAdrian Lynch (1897–1934), American baseball playerAdrián Morejón (born 1999), Cuban baseball playerAdrián Nieto (born 1989), Cuban baseball playerAdrian Sampson (born 1991), American baseball playerAdrián Sánchez (born 1990), Colombian-Venezuelan baseball playerAdrián Zabala (1916–2002), Cuban baseball playerAdrian Autry (born 1972), American basketball playerAdrian Banks (born 1986), American basketball playerAdrian Bauk (born 1985), Australian basketball playerAdrian Branch (born 1963), American basketball playerAdrian Caldwell (born 1966), American basketball playerAdrian Celada , Filipino basketball playerAdrian Dantley (born 1956), American basketball playerAdrian Griffin (born 1974), American basketball playerAdrian Pledger (born 1976), American basketball playerAdrian Smith (basketball) (born 1936), American basketball playerAdrian Tudor (born 1985), Romanian basketball playerAdrian Williams-Strong (born 1977), American basketball playerAdrian Adgar (born 1965), English cyclistAdrian Archibald (born 1969), British motorcycle racerAdrian Banaszek (born 1993), Polish cyclistAdrián Campos (1960–2021), Spanish racing driverAdrián Campos Jr. (born 1988), Spanish racing driverAdrian Carrio (born 1989), American racing driverAdrian "Wildman" Cenni , American off-road racing driverAdrián Fernández (born 1965), Mexican racing driver and team ownerAdrián Fernández (motorcyclist) (born 2004), Spanish motorcycle racerAdrián González (cyclist) (born 1992), Spanish cyclistAdrian Kurek (born 1988), Polish road bicycle racerAdrián Martín (motorcyclist) (born 1992), Spanish motorcycle racerAdrian Newey (born 1958), British race car engineer and designerAdrian Quaife-Hobbs (born 1991), British racing driverAdrian Aas Stien (born 1992), Norwegian cyclistAdrian Sutil (born 1983), German racing driverAdrián Vallés (born 1986), Spanish race car driverAdrian Zaugg (born 1986), South African racing driverAdrian Apostol (born 1990), Romanian rugby playerAdrian Barich (born 1963), Australian rules footballer and television and radio presenterAdrian Barone (born 1987), New Zealand rugby union footballerAdrian Bassett (born 1967), Australian rules footballerAdrian Battiston (born 1963), Australian rules footballerAdrian Beer (born 1943), Australian rules footballerAdrian Clarke (rugby union) (born 1938), New Zealand rugby playerAdrian Davies (born 1969), English rugby playerAdrian Davis (rugby league) (born 1990), Australian rugby playerAdrian Garvey (born 1968), Zimbabwean-born South African rugby union playerAdrian Lungu (born 1960), Romanian rugby playerAdrian Morley (born 1977), English rugby playerAdrian Pllotschi (born 1959), Romanian rugby player and coachAdrian Stoop (1883–1957), English rugby union playerAdrian Young (footballer) (1943–2020), Australian rugby playerAdrian Andreev (born 2001), Bulgarian tennis playerAdrian Bey (1938–2019), Rhodesian-born American professional tennis playerAdrian Bodmer (born 1995), Swiss tennis playerAdrian Bohane (born 1981), Irish-American former professional tennis playerAdrian Cruciat (born 1983), Romanian tennis playerAdrian Gavrilă (born 1984), Romanian tennis playerAdrian Mannarino (born 1988), French tennis playerAdrian Marcu (born 1961), professional tennis player from RomaniaAdrián Menéndez Maceiras (born 1985), Spanish tennis playerAdrian Quist (1913–1991), Australian tennis playerAdrian Ungur (born 1985), Romanian tennis playerAdrian Voinea (born 1974), Romanian tennis playerAdrian Adonis (1954–1988), American professional wrestlerAdrian Ang (born 1988), Malaysian bowlerAdrián Annus (born 1973), Hungarian hammer throwerAdrian Bachmann (born 1976), Swiss sprint canoerAdrian Ballinger (born 1976), British-American climber, skier, and mountain guideAdrián Ben (born 1998) Spanish middle-distance runnerAdrian Berce (born 1958), Australian field hockey playerAdrian Blincoe (born 1979), New Zealand runnerAdrian Błocki (born 1990), Polish racewalkerAdrian Breen (hurler) (born 1992), Irish hurlerAdrian Cosma (1950–1996), Romanian handball playerAdrian Crișan (born 1980), Romanian table tennis playerAdrián Gavira (born 1987), Spanish beach volleyball playerAdrian Gomes (born 1990), Brazilian gymnastAdrian Gray (born 1981), English darts playerAdrian Gunnell (born 1972), English snooker playerAdrian Hansen (born 1971), South African squash playerAdrian Lewis (born 1985), English darts playerAdrian Metcalfe (1942–2021), British runner and sports broadcasterAdrian Neville (born 1986), English professional wrestler, known professionally as PacAdrian Parker (born 1951), British modern pentathlete and Olympic championAdrian Patrick (born 1973), English former sprinterAdrián Alonso Pereira (born 1988), Spanish futsal playerAdrián Popa (born 1971), Hungarian weightlifterAdrian Rollinson (born 1965), British strongmanAdrian Schultheiss (born 1988), Swedish figure skaterAdrian Smith (strongman) (born 1964), British strongmanAdrian Street (1940–2023), Welsh wrestler and authorAdrian Strzałkowski (born 1990), Polish long jumperAdrián Paz Velázquez (born 1964), Mexican Paralympic athleteAdrian Watt (born 1947), American ski jumperAdrian White (equestrian) (born 1933), New Zealand equestrianAdrian Alejandro Wittwer (born 1986), Swiss extreme athlete and ice swimmerAdrian Zieliński (born 1989), Polish weightlifterArts and entertainment [ edit ] Adrian Adlam (born 1963), British violinist and conductorAdrian Aeschbacher (1912–2002), Swiss classical pianistAdrian Alandy (born 1980), Filipino actor and modelAdrian Allinson (1890–1959), British painter, potter and engraverAdrián Alonso (born 1994), Mexican actorAdrian Alphona , Canadian comic book artistAdrian Anantawan (born 1986), Canadian violinistAdrian Augier , St. Lucian poet and producerAdrian Bică Bădan (born 1988), Romanian footballerAdrian Baker (born 1951), English singer, songwriter, and record producerAdrian Bărar (1960–2021), Romanian guitarist and composerAdrian Barber (1938–2020), English musician and producerAdrian Batten (1591–1637), English organistAdrian Bawtree (born 1968), English composer and organistAdrian Beaumont (born 1937), British composer, conductor, and professorAdrian Beers (1916–2004), British double bass player and teacherAdrian Belew (born 1949), American guitarist, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producerAdrian Biddle (1952–2005), English cinematographerAdrian Blevins (born 1964), American poetAdrian Borland (1957–1999), English singer, songwriter, guitarist and record producerAdrian Boult (1889–1983), English conductorAdrian Brown (1929–2019), British director and poetAdrian Brown (born 1949), British conductorAdrian Brunel (1892–1958), English film director and screenwriterAdrian Bustamante (born 1981), American actorAdrián Caetano (born 1969), Uruguayan-Argentine film director, producer and screenplay writerAdrian Carmack (born 1969), American video game artistAdrián Carrio (born 1986), Spanish pianistAdrian Chiles (born 1967), British television and radio presenterAdrian Clarke (photographer) , English photographerAdrian Clarke (poet) , British poetAdrian Conan Doyle (1910–1970), English race-car driver, big-game hunter, explorer, and writerAdrian Dingle (artist) (1911–1974), Welsh-Canadian painter and comic book artistAdrian Dunbar (born 1958), Northern Ireland actorAdrian Edmondson (born 1957), better known asAde Edmondson , English actor, comedian, director, writer and musician Adrian Enescu (1948–2016), Romanian composerAdrian Erlandsson (born 1970), Swedish heavy metal drummerAdrian Fisher (musician) (1952–2000), former guitarist forSparks (band) Adrian Gaxha (born 1984), Macedonian singer-songwriter and producerAdrian Ghenie (born 1977), Romanian painterAdrian Gonzales (1937–1998), Filipino comic book artistAdrián Luis González (born 1939), Mexican potterAdrian Gray (born 1961), British artistAdrian Adolph Greenburg (1903–1959), costume designer for over 250 films, known as simply AdrianAdrian Grenier (born 1976), American actor, producer, director, musician and environmentalistAdrian Griffin (drummer) , Australian drummerAdrian Gurvitz (born 1949), English singer, musician and songwriterAdrian Hall (actor) (born 1959), British actor and co-directorAdrian Hall (artist) (born 1943), British artistAdrian Hall (director) (1927–2023), American theatre directorAdrian Hates (born 1973), German dark wave musicianAdrian Heath (1920–1992), British painterAdrian Heathfield , British writer and curatorAdrian Hoven (1922–1981), Austrian actor, producer and film directorAdrian A. Husain (born 1945), Pakistani poetAdrian Ivaniţchi (born 1947), Romanian folk musician and guitaristAdrian Jones (sculptor) (1845–1938), English sculptor and painter who specialized in animals, particularly horsesAdrian Jones (born 1978), Swedish musician, member ofGjallarhorn Adrian Karsten (1960–2005), American sports reporterAdrian Kowanek (born 1977), Polish musicianAdrian Le Roy (1520–1598), French string player, composer, music publisher and educatorAdrian Leaper (born 1953), English conductorAdrian Legg (born 1948), English guitar playerAdrian Lester (born 1968), British actorAdrian Lucas (born 1962), English organist, tutor, and composerAdrian Lulgjuraj (born 1980), Albanian rock singerAdrian Lukis (born 1957), British actorAdrian Lux (born 1986), Swedish disc jockey and music producerAdrian Lyne (born 1941), English filmmaker and producerAdrian Martin (born 1959), Australian film and arts criticAdrian Martinez (actor) (born 1972), American actor and comedianAdrian McKinty (born 1968), Northern Irish writer of crime and mystery novelsAdrian Minune (born 1974), Romani-Romanian manele singerAdrian Mitchell (1932–2008), English poet, novelist and playwrightAdrian William Moore (born 1956), British philosopher and broadcasterAdrián Navarro (born 1969), Argentine actorAdrian Noble (born 1950), English theatre directorAdrian Pasdar (born 1965), American actor and film directorAdrian Paul (born 1959), English actorAdrian Pecknold (1920–1999), Canadian mime, director, and authorAdrian Petriw (born 1987), Canadian actorAdrian Picardi (born 1987), American filmmakerAdrian Pintea (1954–2007), Romanian actorAdrian Piotrovsky (1898–1937), Russian dramaturgeAdrian Piper (born 1948), American conceptual artist and philosophy professorAdrian R'Mante (born 1978), American television actorAdrian Rawlins (born 1958), English actorAdrian Ludwig Richter (1803–1884), German painter and etcherAdrian Rodriguez (DJ) , German DJAdrián Rodríguez (born 1988), Spanish actor and singer from CataloniaAdrian Rodriguez, American bass guitarist forThe Airborne Toxic Event Adrian Rollini (1903–1956), American multi-instrumentalist best known for his jazz musicAdrian Ross (1859–1933), British lyricistAdrián Rubio , Mexican actor and modelAdrian Scarborough (born 1968), English character actorAdrian Scott (1912–1972), American screenwriter and film producerAdrian Shaposhnikov (1888–1967), Russian classical composerAdrian Sherwood (born 1958), English record producerAdrian Sînă (born 1977), Romanian singer-songwriter and record producerAdrian D. Smith (born 1944), American architectAdrian Smith (born 1957), English musician and one of three guitarists/songwriters in the English band Iron MaidenAdrian Smith (illustrator) , British illustratorAdrian Steirn , Australian photographer and filmmaker working in AfricaAdrian Consett Stephen (1894–1918), Australian artillery officer and playwrightAdrian Stokes (critic) (1902–1972), British art criticAdrian Scott Stokes (1854–1935), English landscape painterAdrian Stroe (born 1959), Romanian serial killerAdrian Sturges (born 1976), British film producerAdrián Suar (born 1968), Argentine actor and media producerAdrian Tanner , English writer and directorAdrian Taylor (producer) (1954–2014), American television news producerAdrian Tchaikovsky (born 1972), British fantasy and science fiction authorAdrián Terrazas-González (born 1975), Mexican jazz composer and wind playerAdrian Thaws (born 1968), English musician and actorAdrian Tomine (born 1974), American cartoonistAdrian Utley (born 1957), English musician best known as a member of the band PortisheadAdrian Vandenberg (born 1954), Dutch rock guitaristAdrian Wells (born 1989), British-American clinical psychologist, singer and songwriterAdrian White (musician) , Canadian drummerAdrian Willaert (c. 1490–1562), Flemish composer of the Renaissance and founder of the Venetian SchoolAdrian Wilson (actor) (born 1969), South African model and actorAdrian Wilson (artist) (born 1964), British artist and photographerAdrian Wong (born 1990), Hong Kong actressAdrian Wright (1947–2015), English-Australian actorAdrian Young (born 1969), American drummer for the rock band No DoubtAdrian Younge (born 1978), American composer, arranger, and music producerAdrian Zagoritis (born 1968), British songwriter and record producerAdrian Zingg (1734–1816), Swiss painterAdrian Zmed (born 1954), American television personality and film actorAdrian Arendt (born 1952), Romanian sailorAdrian Bancker (1703–1772), American silversmithAdrian Beecroft (born 1947), British venture capitalistAdrian Bell (1901–1980), English ruralist journalist, crossword compiler, and farmerAdrian Bellamy (born 1941/1942), British businessmanAdrian Block (1567–1627), Dutch explorer of the American East CoastAdrian Brown (archivist) (born 1969), British archivistAdrian Brown (journalist) , Australian journalistAdrian Cheng (born 1979), Hong Kong entrepreneur and business executiveAdrian Cioroianu (born 1967), Romanian historian, politician, journalist, and essayistAdrian Cronauer (1938–2018), American former lawyer and radio speakerAdrian Diel (1756–1839), German physicianAdrian Finighan (born 1964), British journalistAdrian Frutiger (1928–2015), Swiss typeface designerAdrian Fulford (born 1953), British judgeAdrian Geiges (born 1960), German writer and journalistAdrian Anthony Gill (1954–2016), British writer and criticAdrian Hanauer (born 1966), American businessman and minority owner and general manager of the Seattle Sounders FCAdrian Hayes (adventurer) (born 1959), British explorerAdrian Holovaty (born 1981), American web developer, journalist and entrepreneurAdrian van Hooydonk (born 1964), Dutch automobile designerAdrian Albert Jurgens (1886–1953), South African philatelistAdrian Kantrowitz (1918–2008), American cardiac surgeonAdrian Kashchenko (1858–1921), Ukrainian writer, historian of the Zaporozhian CossacksAdrian Knox (1863–1932), Australian judgeAdrian Künzi (born 1973), Swiss bankerAdrian Lamo (born 1981), Colombian-American threat analyst and "grey hat" hackerAdrian Long , British civil engineerAdrian Mikhalchishin (born 1954), Ukrainian chess grandmasterAdrian von Mynsicht (1603–1638), German alchemistAdrian Parr (born 1967), Australian philosopher and cultural criticAdrian Păunescu (1943–2010), Romanian poet, journalist, and politicianAdrian Plass (born 1948), English author and speakerAdrian Rogers (1931–2005), American pastor, conservative, and authorAdrian Andrei Rusu (born 1951), Romanian medieval archaeologistAdrian Anthony Spears (1910–1991), American judgeAdrián Steckel , Mexican businessmanAdrian Stephen (1883–1948), British author and psychoanalyst, brother of Virginia Woolf and Vanessa BellAdrian Swire (1932–2018), billionaire British heir and businessmanAdrian Ursu (born 1968), Romanian journalistAdrian Weale (born 1964), English writer, journalist, illustrator and photographerAdrian Wewer (1836–1914), German-born American architect and Franciscan friarAdrian White (businessman) (born 1942), British businessman, founder of BiwaterAdrian Zecha (born 1933), Indonesian hotelierFictional characters [ edit ] Adrien Agreste , a superhero and male protagonist ofMiraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir Adrian Blenderbland, a character forThe Millionairess George Bernard Shaw Adrian Chase , DC Comics superheroAdrian Corbo , alias Flex, a Marvel Comics superheroAdrian "Fletch" Fletcher , character on the British medical dramasCasualty Holby City Adrian Ivashkov, character in Richelle Mead'sVampire Academy Bloodlines Adrian Leverkühn , protagonist of Thomas Mann'sDoctor Faustus Adrian Mole , protagonist ofThe Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Adrian Monk , protagonist of the television seriesMonk Adrian Montague, protagonist of the novelThe Nobleman's Guide to Scandal and Shipwrecks byMackenzi Lee Adrian Pimento, a recurring character inBrooklyn Nine-Nine Adrian Shephard , protagonist of the Half-Life expansion "Half-Life: Opposing Force"Adrian Fahrenheit Ţepeş , aliasAlucard , character in the Castlevania video gamesAdrian Toomes , aliasVulture , a Marvel Comics villainAdrian Veidt , aliasOzymandias , character in the Watchmen graphic novel seriesAdrian Woodhouse , spawn of Satan in the filmRosemary's Baby Adrian, in Shakespeare'sCoriolanus Adrian, a son of Satan inLittle Nicky Name list
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854)."Adria".Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. Vol. 1. London: John Murray. p. 8.