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Адриан
“from the port of Adria”
Адриан (Adrián) is a masculine given name from Latin. It is used in Russian.
Bulgarian and Russian and SerbianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Adrian.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Адриан goes back to Latin Hadrianus, meaning “from the port of Adria.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Адриан’s family of names
In Bulgarian usage, Адриан has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Adrian. In Russian usage, Адриан has a transliteration in Adrian. In Russian usage, Адриан has a conventional equivalent in the French form Adrien.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Адриан has relatives in 7 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
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Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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