Hadrian

  • [ HAY-dree-ən (English) ]
  • 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, Adrianus, Arjan
ENGLISH: Adrian
FRENCH: Adrien, Hadrien
GERMAN: Adrian
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