Meaning of the nameAdriam

Male
Latin origin
A-dri-am

Adriam is a masculine name, a spelling variant of Adrian, which comes from Latin Hadrianus; the meaning of the whole is not known for certain.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 975 people named Adriam, the 8,436th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 12, and the largest group was born in the 2000s. Proportionally, it is most common in Minas Gerais.

Meaning

The meaning of Adriam is not known for certain. The sources consulted give no settled meaning for it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

People (2022): 975
Rank in Brazil: #8,436
Median age: 12 years
2010 Census: 1,105; people

Adriam in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Adriam, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2000s (401 people).

41 women 934 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Adriam is most common

States with the highest share of people named Adriam in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Minas Gerais 0.001%
São Paulo 0.000%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	140	0.000%
Minas Gerais	121	0.001%
Paraná	91	0.001%
Rio Grande do Sul	70	0.001%
Maranhão	60	0.001%
Bahia	56	0.000%
Pará	56	0.001%
Santa Catarina	48	0.001%
Pernambuco	39	0.000%
Goiás	37	0.001%
Rio de Janeiro	28	0.000%
Mato Grosso	27	0.001%
Ceará	22	0.000%
Mato Grosso do Sul	20	0.001%
Espírito Santo	19	0.001%
Amazonas	18	0.001%
Piauí	17	0.001%
Rio Grande do Norte	17	0.001%
Paraíba	16	0.000%
Sergipe	15	0.001%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Adriam

The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil lists Adriam among the spelling variants of Adrian. Behind the Name describes Adrian as a form of Latin Hadrianus, and Wiktionary gives Adriano as a learned borrowing from Latin Adriānus. According to Wiktionary, Hadrianus is linked to Hadria, a city in Picenum, whose origin is perhaps Etruscan. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 975 people named Adriam, with a median age of 12, almost all born from 2000 onward. The name is almost always male.

Sources

Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Adrian · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Behind the Name: Adrian · behindthename.com · origin
Wiktionary: Adriano · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Wiktionary: Hadrianus · en.wiktionary.org · origin

Questions about the name Adriam

What does the name Adriam mean?

The meaning of Adriam is not known for certain: the sources consulted give no settled meaning for it. So we give none; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

How many people are named Adriam in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 975 people with the first name Adriam, which ranks it number 8,436 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.

Is Adriam a boy's or a girl's name?

Adriam is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 41 women and 934 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Adriam?

Adriam is a name of Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Adriam most common?

Proportionally, in Minas Gerais: 0.001% of the state's population is named Adriam (121 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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