Given name & surname
Adrianus
Adrianus is a masculine given name from Latin. It is used in Indonesian and Latin.
Meaning & origin
Adrianus’s family of names
In Dutch usage, Adrianus has a short form in Ari. In Latin usage, Adrianus has a later derivative in ARJAN. In German usage, Adrianus has a related form in Adrian.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Adrianus has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
5 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 12
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Adrienequivalent
- Arjanderivative · Dutch
- Adrianoequivalent
- Hadrianequivalent
- Arjenequivalent
- Adriaanderivative · Dutch
- Adriánequivalent
- Adrijanoequivalent
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People named Adrianus
- Adri van TiggelenDutch footballerborn 1957
- Adrianus Johannes SimonisCatholic cardinal (1931-2020)
- Ard SchenkDutch Olympic speed skaterborn 1944
- Adriaan van RoyenDutch botanist and university teacher (1704-1779)
- Janus BraspennincxDutch racing cyclist (1903-1977)
- Adrianus de JongDutch fencer (1882–1966)
- Janus van MerrienboerDutch archer (1894-1947)
- Adrianus TurnebusFrench classical scholar1512–1565
- Adrian, Count of OrléansFrankish count
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