Like the male variant Adrian, the name Adriana means ‘from Hadria’, which was the original name of the Italian city Adria. It is derived from the Roman cognomen Hadrianus.
Adriana is a first name typically given to girls, but in rare cases also used as a boys name.
The name Adriana isn’t among the current fashionable names in our top 10 stats, but nonetheless, it’s still very popular and common. In our SmartGenius ranking of all girls names, Adriana ranks 195. Recently, out of every 10,000 newborn girls, approximately 9 were named Adriana. In the entire USA, approximately 90,971 people – children, adults and seniors – currently bear the name Adriana. That is 0.03 % of all living Americans.
Like the male variant Adrian, the name Adriana means ‘from Hadria’, which was the original name of the Italian city Adria. It is derived from the Roman cognomen Hadrianus.
What is a cognomen? A cognomen is a part of the typical name in ancient Rome. It was placed after the praenomen (first name) and nomen (family name). Originally, they were nicknames, for example 'caesar' for 'the hairy', and 'nervus' for 'the strong'.
Adriana Lima (*1981)
When she was 15 the Brazilian model won Ford's »Supermodel of Brazil« competition which started her career. She is best known for her work with Victoria's Secret as she was a »Victoria's Secret Angel« from 1999 to 2018. She used to be a brand ambassador for the clothing brand Desigual and is currently serving as brand ambassador for IWC, Puma, Maybelline, and Chopard. Lima is said to be the world's second highest-paid model since 2014.
Adriana Elena Loretta Caselotti (1916-1997)
Casoletti was a US-american singer and voice actress. She became known as the voice of Snow White, the main chachackter of the first Walt Disney animated feature film called »Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs« (1937). In 1994 she was named a Disney Legend and so became the first female voice-over artist to achieve this titel.
When you hear the name Adriana, you might first think of a woman or a girl. But did you know that there are also places with the name Adriana? Are you also called Adriana? Maybe one day you will visit the places that are named just like you...
also called »Hadrian's Villa« was built from 118 to 134 AD for the Roman Emperor Hadrian. It is located around 30 kilometres north-east of Rome, near Tivoli.
In Rotterdam, the Netherlands, you can find the »Adrianastraat«.
is the elongated northern side basin of the Mediterranean Sea between the Apennine Peninsula and the Balkan Peninsula.
Everyone knows her, everyone loves her and still she’s different from the mainstream: Adriana occurs in every single state of the U.S. This may sound quite unspectacular at first, but in fact, of the more than 50,000 different female first names that occur in the USA, just 537 are recorded in each individual state, so the name Adriana is definitely something very special. However, at the same time, since the name does not appear in the top 100 most common first names in any single state, Adriana is not one of those names that one encounters in every neighbourhood, but stands out from the crowd, is noticeable and special without being strange or unknown. From Alaska to Florida, a total of 90,819 women and girls of all generations bear the name Adriana – that is one in 1,698. However, there are considerable regional differences – the name is far more popular than average in Nevada, where one in 570 women and girls is called Adriana, while it is particularly rare in North Dakota, where you have to ask an average of 104,341 women for their name to get Adriana as an answer once.
Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter A is the most popular first letter for girls’ names. 11.8% of all common girls’ names in the US start with this letter. The second most common first letter in girls' names is S.
With seven letters, the name Adriana has a typical length for first names in the US. In fact, 26% of all common first names consist of exactly seven letters. 52% of all first names are shorter, while 22% have eight letters or more. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.
That means that if 11.8% of all girls' names start with an A, this initial letter occurs over three times as often as all other letters on average. And, by the way, of all the girls' names that begin with the letter A, the name Ashley is the most common.
If your name is Adriana and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...
So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Adriana, you can simply say:
Apple
Dinosaur
Rocket
Igloo
Apple
Nut
Apple
Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.
Adriana
Adriana
Just use American Sign Language!
These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.
A
D
R
I
A
N
A
In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.
A
D
R
I
A
N
A
In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Adriana sounds like this:
