Given name
Edrian
“a man from Hadria”
Edrian is used as a given name. One Latin interpretation is “a man from Hadria.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Latin interpretation is “a man from Hadria.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1985. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Edrian through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 381
- 381 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 29 babies
- 2025
- 25
- #4,165 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +56%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 25 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 4,165 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 55.6% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, California and Texas shared the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (5 each). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 440 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Edrian’s family of names
In English usage, Edrian has a conventional equivalent in the German form Adrian. Edrian has a related form in Ede. Edrian has a related form in Ediran.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 23
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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