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Meaning of the nameAdrian

Adrian is a masculine name that comes from the Latin Hadrianus, a name formed from Hadria, a city in Picenum.

Meaning

“relating to Hadria, a city of ancient Italy”

Source: Wiktionary: Hadrianus

People (2022)
67,717
Rank in Brazil
#451
Median age
11 years
2010 Census
30,406
people

Adrian in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Adrian, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2010s (28,974 people).

2,303 women 65,414 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 Adrian is most common

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

  1. Sergipe 0.074%
  2. Roraima 0.067%
  3. Paraná 0.058%
  4. Acre 0.057%
  5. Alagoas 0.056%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo10,9480.025%
Minas Gerais7,0040.034%
Paraná6,6020.058%
Bahia4,8820.035%
Maranhão3,7320.055%
Rio Grande do Sul3,2770.030%
Pernambuco2,8870.032%
Santa Catarina2,8720.038%
Pará2,6930.033%
Ceará2,5590.029%
Rio de Janeiro2,3150.014%
Goiás2,1620.031%
Alagoas1,7650.056%
Sergipe1,6400.074%
Mato Grosso1,6170.044%
Espírito Santo1,4920.039%
Mato Grosso do Sul1,4520.053%
Rio Grande do Norte1,2930.039%
Amazonas1,2150.031%
Paraíba1,2030.030%
Piauí1,0850.033%
Rondônia7840.050%
Distrito Federal6520.023%
Acre4730.057%
Roraima4240.067%
Amapá3930.054%
Tocantins2960.020%

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

About the name Adrian

Behind the Name gives Adrian as the form of Hadrianus used in several languages. Wiktionary derives the Latin Hadrianus from the name of the city of Hadria, in Picenum (today Atri), with the suffix -anus. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 67,717 people named Adrian, with a median age of 11. The name is almost always male and, proportionally, it is most common in Sergipe. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) lists Adryan, Hadryan, Hadrian and Adriam among the spelling variants, and Adrián as a Galician form.

The most common spelling in the group, the same one used in English, German and Polish.

Other spellings of Adrian

SpellingPeople (2022)
Adrian67,717
Adryan15,531

Sources

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

Questions about the name Adrian

What does the name Adrian mean?

Adrian means “relating to Hadria, a city of ancient Italy”, according to Wiktionary.

How many people are named Adrian in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 67,717 people with the first name Adrian, which ranks it number 451 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2010s.

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

Adrian is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 2,303 women and 65,414 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Adrian?

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

In which Brazilian state is Adrian most common?

Proportionally, in Sergipe: 0.074% of the state's population is named Adrian (1,640 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Adrian?

Adryan. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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