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The first name Adriana

A girl’s name from Latin.

4 syllables Female

Meaning and origin

Latin origin

From Latin Adriāna. By surface analysis, Adrian + -a. Doublet of Adrienne and Adrian.

From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Popularity

Babies registered in England and Wales, 1996–2025

In 2025, 37 girls were named Adriana, making it the 951st most popular girls’ name. It peaked in 2017, with 102 births (#431).

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1,613
babies named Adriana, 1996–2025
#951
rank in 2025
2017
peak year

Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Adriana with other names.

Popularity in the United States

Babies named Adriana at birth, 1880–2025

In 2025, 836 girls born in the United States were named Adriana, the 366th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 2006, when 3,095 were.

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96,796
babies named Adriana since 1880
#366
rank in 2025
2006
peak year

US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.

Adriana in other languages

Equivalent forms of the name, from Wiktionary

Adrienne
French
Adrianna
Polish

Spelled Adriana in Dutch and Portuguese too.

Nicknames and spellings

Other spellings and forms

Famous people named Adriana

39 on Wikidata, most written-about first

  • Adriana Lima
    Brazilian model, born 1981
  • Adriana Chechik
    American Twitch streamer and former pornographic actress (born 1991)
  • Adriana Caselotti
    American actress (1916–1997)
  • Adriana Esteves
    Brazilian actress, born 1969
  • Adriana Behar
    Brazilian volleyball player, born 1969
  • Adriana Leon
    Canadian association football player, born 1992
  • Adriana Hoffmann
    Chilean botanist (1940–2022)
  • Adriana Lessa
    Brazilian actress and singer, born 1971
  • Adriana Calcanhotto
    Brazilian composer and singer, born 1965
  • Adriana Lisboa
    Brazilian writer, born 1970
  • Adriana Campos
    Colombian actress (1979-2015)
  • Adriana Salvatierra
    Bolivian political scientist and politician (born 1989)

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Questions

What does the name Adriana mean?
From Latin Adriāna. By surface analysis, Adrian + -a. Doublet of Adrienne and Adrian.
What is the origin of the name Adriana?
From Latin Adriāna. By surface analysis, Adrian + -a. Doublet of Adrienne and Adrian.
How popular is the name Adriana?
In 2025, 37 girls born in England and Wales were named Adriana, ranking 951st. Its peak was 2017, with 102 births.
Is Adriana a boy's or a girl's name?
Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 96,796 US babies named Adriana since 1880 were girls.
When was Adriana most popular?
2006 in the United States, when 3,095 babies were named Adriana, its highest rank at 107th.
What are other spellings of Adriana?
Adrianna.