Adrianus

  • [ ah-dree-AH-nus, AH-dree-ah-nus ]
  • Dutch
Official Dutch form of ADRIAN, used on birth certificates but not commonly in daily life.

ADRIAN   male   English, Romanian, Polish, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Russian
Form of Hadrianus (see HADRIAN). Several saints 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, though it was not popular until modern times.
HADRIAN   male   History
From the Roman cognomen Hadrianus, which meant "from Hadria" in Latin. Hadria was a town in northern Italy (it gave its name to the Adriatic Sea). A famous bearer of the name was Publius Aelius Hadrianus, better known as Hadrian, a 2nd-century Roman emperor who built a wall across northern Britain.
EQUIVALENTS
ANCIENT ROMAN: Hadrianus
CATALAN: Adrià
CROATIAN: Adrijan, Jadran
DANISH: Adrian
DUTCH: Adriaan, Arjan
ENGLISH: Adrian
FRENCH: Adrien, Hadrien
GERMAN: Adrian
HISTORY: Hadrian
HUNGARIAN: Adorján, Adrián
ITALIAN: Adriano
MACEDONIAN: Adrijan
NORWEGIAN: Adrian
POLISH: Adrian
PORTUGUESE: Adriano
ROMANIAN: Adrian
RUSSIAN: Adrian
SERBIAN: Jadran
SLOVENE: Jadran
SPANISH: Adrián
SWEDISH: Adrian
DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS
CROATIAN: Jadranko
DUTCH: Ad, Arie, Aris
LIMBURGISH: Ad
SERBIAN: Jadranko
SLOVENE: Jadranko
FEMININE FORMS
ANCIENT ROMAN: Hadriana
CROATIAN: Adrijana, Jadranka
CZECH: Adriana
ENGLISH: Adria, Adriana, Adrianna, Adrianne, Drina
FRENCH: Adrienne
HUNGARIAN: Ada, Adrienn
ITALIAN: Adriana
MACEDONIAN: Adrijana
POLISH: Adriana, Adrianna
PORTUGUESE: Adriana
ROMANIAN: Adriana
SERBIAN: Adrijana, Jadranka
SLOVAK: Adriana
SLOVENE: Adrijana, Jadranka
SPANISH: Adriana