Adrian

Meaning and origin of Adrian

Popularity of Adrian in France since 1986

• It peaked in 2024.
• Over recent years, Adrian has been stable (+3% a year).
• In schools of 200 children born in those years, you would find one Adrian every 10 schools, all spellings combined.

Adrian in English-speaking countries

Adrian ranks 73^rd in Ontario (Canada), 73^rd in United States and 130^th in British Columbia (Canada), against 303^rd in France.

• Ontario (Canada)ServiceOntario · 2022-24

  73^rd boys’ name465 babies in 3 years1 boy in 365−3% a year

• United StatesSSA · 2023-25

  73^rd boys’ name13,772 babies in 3 years1 boy in 373−3.3% a year

• British Columbia (Canada)BC Vital Statistics · 2021-23

  130^th boys’ name93 babies in 3 years1 boy in 479−0.9% a year

• New ZealandDIA · 2023-25

  270^th boys’ name52 babies in 3 years1 boy in 947

• IrelandCSO · 2023-25

  257^th boys’ name51 babies in 3 years1 boy in 1,408

• England and WalesONS · 2023-25

  262^nd boys’ name536 babies in 3 years1 boy in 1,542−0.9% a year

• ScotlandNRS · 2023-25

  330^th boys’ name32 babies in 3 years1 boy in 1,873

• Northern IrelandNISRA · 2023-25

  339^th boys’ name12 babies in 3 years1 boy in 2,122

Official figures from each country, over their latest three published years. The spellings Adrian, Adriàn and Adrián are counted together; other spellings are counted apart.

Same sound, other spellings

• Adriàn115
• Adriánabroad
• Adriann140
• Adryan (in French)40
• Adryann (in French)30
• Hadrian10
• Adriyan5
• Adriaanabroad

Births 2023–2025. At school they sound the same: this total tells you whether your child is likely to share the name.

Names similar to Adrian

• Amadou
• Antonin
• Aurélien
• Paolo
• Julian
• Jacques
• Adrien
• Nicolas
• Fabio
• Célestin
• Hippolyte
• Matthieu

See also

• →French names of Latin origin