Meaning of the nameAdriana

Female
Latin origin
A-dri-a-na

Adriana is a female name of Latin origin, the feminine of Adrian, from the Roman cognomen Hadrianus, which Behind the Name translates as 'from Hadria'.

Meaning

“feminine of Adrian (Hadrianus), 'from Hadria'”

Source: Behind the Name: Hadrian

People (2022): 536,334
Rank in Brazil: #34
Median age: 42 years
2010 Census: 567,968; people

Adriana in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Adriana, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1970s (230,806 people).

533,801 women 2,533 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 Adriana is most common

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

Rio de Janeiro 0.338%
São Paulo 0.318%
Santa Catarina 0.288%
Paraná 0.275%
Pernambuco 0.274%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	141,319	0.318%
Minas Gerais	55,761	0.272%
Rio de Janeiro	54,192	0.338%
Bahia	33,341	0.236%
Paraná	31,450	0.275%
Rio Grande do Sul	29,774	0.274%
Pernambuco	24,803	0.274%
Santa Catarina	21,921	0.288%
Goiás	15,426	0.219%
Pará	15,186	0.187%
Ceará	14,285	0.162%
Maranhão	11,706	0.173%
Paraíba	10,253	0.258%
Espírito Santo	10,214	0.266%
Mato Grosso	8,521	0.233%
Alagoas	7,997	0.256%
Amazonas	7,713	0.196%
Mato Grosso do Sul	7,279	0.264%
Distrito Federal	7,204	0.256%
Rio Grande do Norte	6,884	0.208%
Sergipe	5,898	0.267%
Piauí	5,044	0.154%
Rondônia	3,753	0.237%
Tocantins	2,689	0.178%
Acre	1,348	0.162%
Amapá	1,243	0.169%
Roraima	1,130	0.178%

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

About the name Adriana

Behind the Name presents Adriana as the feminine of Adrian, a form of Hadrianus, a Roman cognomen that meant 'from Hadria', the name of two Roman towns. Wiktionary gives the Latin origin, which in turn goes back to Etruscan, and records Adrianna as a rare form. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 536,334 people named Adriana, the largest group born in the 1970s. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil records Hadriana as a Galician variant.

Sources

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

Questions about the name Adriana

What does the name Adriana mean?

Adriana means “feminine of Adrian (Hadrianus), 'from Hadria'”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Adriana in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 536,334 people with the first name Adriana, which ranks it number 34 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.

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

Adriana is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 533,801 women and 2,533 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Adriana?

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

In which Brazilian state is Adriana most common?

Proportionally, in Rio de Janeiro: 0.338% of the state's population is named Adriana (54,192 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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