Adrian
Adrian is a male name and surname.
Origin and Meaning of the Name
The name comes from the Latin Hadrian and is often interpreted as a man from the Adriatic port city. The nickname Publius Aelius Hadrianus of the Emperor (2nd century ) goes according to ancient tradition on the origin of his parents back: Hadria, today Atri, Teramo (not Adriatic south of Venice, from which the Adriatic Sea received its name ).
Distribution in Germany
With increasing tendency of the first name Adrian is awarded in Germany since the 1970s, however, occurs as early as the 13th century. He now ranks among the top 50 of the most popular first name. The frequency distribution shows the largest regional cluster in the field of Hessian counties Limburg -Weilburg, high Taunus and Wetterau and the adjacent Rhineland-Palatinate counties Mayen -Koblenz, Neuwied and Rhein- Lahn.
Name-day
Name Days are January 9, March 4, and 8 September ( Day, St. Adrianus ).
See also: List of Name Days
Bearers of the name
First name
- Adrián Annus (born 1973 ), Hungarian hammer thrower
- Adrian Biddle (1952-2005), British cameraman
- Adrian of Borsselen (around 1417-1468 ), Lord of Brigdamme, Zoutelande and Sint Laurens
- Adrian Boult (1889-1983), English conductor
- Adrian II of Bubenberg (around 1458-1501 ), Swiss councilor and knight
- Adrián Caetano (born 1969 ), Argentine film director
- Can Adrian (born 1972 ), German actor
- Adrian Cristea ( b. 1983 ), the Romanian football player
- Adrián Fernández ( born 1980 ), Argentine footballer
- Adrian Fisher ( born 1951 ), British maze designer
- Adrian Frutiger ( born 1928 ), Swiss typographer and graphic designer
- Adrian Gaspar Coriolanus (* 1987), Romanian -Austrian jazz pianist and composer
- Adrian Grenier (born 1976 ), American actor and musician
- Adrian Gurvitz ( born 1949 ), British musician
- Adrian Hates (* 1973), German musician
- Adrian Hoven (1922-1981), Austrian actor, director and film producer
- Adrian Knup ( b. 1968 ), Swiss football player
- Adrian Kozniku (born 1967 ), Croatian football player
- Adrián López Álvarez (* 1988), Spanish footballer
- Adrian Madaschi ( b. 1982 ), Australian football player
- Adriaan of Müller ( * 1928), German prehistorians
- Adrian Mutu ( b. 1979 ), the Romanian football player
- Adrian Newey (born 1958 ), British Formula 1 engineer
- Adrian of Nicomedia († 306), Roman officer and martyr
- Adrian Pasdar (born 1965 ), American actor
- Adrian Paul ( born 1959 ), British actor
- Adrian Peterson ( born 1985 ), American football player
- Adrian Ludwig Richter (1803-1884), German painter of the Romantic
- Adrian Sikora ( footballer ) ( born 1980 ), Polish footballer
- Adrian Smith ( b. 1957 ), British musician
- Adrian Solo ( born 1972 ), Swiss Pop
- Adrian Sutil (* 1983), German Formula 1 driver at Force India
- Adrian Topol ( born 1981 ), Polish - German actor
- Adrian Dietrich Lothar von Trotha (1848-1920), German general of infantry, see Lothar von Trotha
- Adriaen van de Velde (1636-1672), Dutch painter
- Adriaen de Vries ( 1545-1626 to ), Dutch sculptor
- Adrien Wettach, known as Grock (1880-1959), Swiss composer and music Clown
- Adrian Willaert (c. 1490-1562 ), Flemish composer
- Adrian Winter ( born 1986 ), Swiss football player
- Adrian Wöhler (* 1987), German handball player
Hadrian ( transcription of Adrian) is the name of several Popes:
- Hadrian I († 795)
- Hadrian II ( 792-872 )
- Hadrian III. († 885 )
- Adrian IV (c. 1100/1120-1159 )
- Hadrian V. (around 1205-1276 )
- Hadrian VI. (1459-1523)
Fictional people
- Leverkiihn, protagonist of Thomas Mann's Doctor Faustus
- Adrian Monk, fictional television detective, see Monk ( TV series)
- Adrian of tulips thief, the title character of a novel by Otto Rombach and the television adaptation of the novel
Family name
- Adrian Alexander (* 1984), German football player
- Cem Adrian ( born 1980 ), Turkish singer
- Chris Adrian (born 1970 ), American author
- Edgar Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian (1889 - 1977), British anatomist and physiologist
- Gheorghe Adrian (1821-1889), Romanian General
- Grete Adrian (c. 1610-1655 ), victim of witch-hunting
- Hanns Adrian (1931-2003), German architect and urban planner
- Iris Adrian (1912-1994), American actress
- Johann Valentin Adrian (1793-1864), German writer and librarian Neuphilologe
- Karl Adrian (1861-1949), Austrian homeland researcher
- Kjell Adrian ( born 1933), Swedish ice hockey player
- Marc Adrian (1930-2008), Austrian artist and filmmaker
- Max Adrian (1903-1973), Irish actor
- Nathan Adrian (* 1988), American swimmer
- Rhys Adrian (1928-1990), British writer
- Ronald Adrian ( born 1945 ), American aerospace engineer
- Selvyna Adrian Sofyan ( born 1951 ), Indonesian marksman
- Adrian Ulrich (born 1958 ), German television journalist
- Valentin Adrian (1793-1864), German writer and librarian Neuphilologe
- William Lawrence Adrian (1883-1972), American Bishop
Artist Name
- Adrian, Gilbert Adrian (1903-1959; actually Adrian Adolph Greenberg), American costume designer
Other naming
- Adrian (Georgia), U.S. town
- Adrian (Missouri ), American City
- Adrian of tulips thief, German television series
- Hurricane Adrian (2005), tropical cyclone