# Adrian

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈeɪ.dɹiː.ən/ · frequency rank #7,641

## Definitions
1. A male given name from Latin or Etruscan.
2. A female given name from Latin (compare Adriana, Adrianna, Adrienne).
3. A surname.
4. A village in Livada, Satu Mare County, Romania.
5. A village in Gurghiu, Mureș County, Romania.
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24. A neighborhood of Saint John, United States Virgin Islands.

## Etymology
From Latin Hadrianus (“from the Roman harbor Hadria”) a place name ultimately from Etruscan 𐌇𐌀𐌕𐌓𐌉𐌀 (hatria). Doublet of Hadrian. See Adria.

## Easily confused with
- **aria** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adrian-vs-aria)
- **Asian** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adrian-vs-asian)
- **Aryan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adrian-vs-aryan)
- **avian** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adrian-vs-avian)
- **Arias** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adrian-vs-arias)
- **Arian** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adrian-vs-arian)
- **Arran** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adrian-vs-arran)
- **aerial** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adrian-vs-aerial)
- **Ariana** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adrian-vs-ariana)
- **adrift** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adrian-vs-adrift)
- **atrial** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adrian-vs-atrial)
- **airman** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adrian-vs-airman)
- **Adrien** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adrian-vs-adrien)
- **Ariane** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adrian-vs-ariane)
- **aldrin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adrian-vs-aldrin)
- **African** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adrian-vs-african)
- **Adriana** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adrian-vs-adriana)
- **admin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/admin-vs-adrian)
- **Adnan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adnan-vs-adrian)

## Common misspellings (8)
`addrian`, `adiran`, `adrain`, `adriann`, `adrina`, `adrrian`, `ardian`, `darian`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/adrian