MEANING & HISTORY
What does Adriana mean?
Adriana is the feminine form of Adrian, from Latin Hadrianus. The Roman name means a person from Hadria, an ancient Italian settlement name associated with the Adriatic.
The final a gives the feminine personal-name form. Dark or rich are not secure substitutes for the documented geographical formation. Adriana and Adrienne share this historical family.
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Pronunciation & syllables
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Origin and name formation
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EnglishEtymology & source
From Latin Adriāna. By surface analysis, Adrian + -a. Doublet of Adrienne and Adrian.
A female given name from Latin or Etruscan, masculine equivalent Adrian.
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SpanishEtymology & source
a female given name from Latin [in turn from Etruscan], equivalent to English Adriana
Wiktionary: Adriana (Spanish) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
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People with the name Adriana
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Adriana Agcaoili
Filipino actress
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
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distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Adriana Agcaoili
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Adriana in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Adriana
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Adrian♂♀From Hadria
- Adriano♂From Hadria, through the name Hadrianus
- Ariana♀Form of Ariadne; most holy
- Diana♀Name of the Roman goddess, related to divine
- Mariana·Maria/Marian family; also feminine Marianus
- Adan♂Unaccented form of Adán or Adam; man
- Adán♂Man or humankind, linked with earth in Genesis
- Adelina♀Affectionate form in the Adela family; noble
What rhymes with Adriana?
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Explore Adriana further
Follow the sources
- Wikidata given-name item Q374807 — Adriana (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Adriana Agcaoili (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q374807 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Adriana (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary contributors — Adriana (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary: Adriana (opens in a new tab)
Personal-name formation and etymological relationships; imported dictionary account consulted.