Adriana

Where Adriana comes from

From Latin Adriāna. By surface analysis, Adrian + -a. Doublet of Adrienne and Adrian.
— Wiktionary's entry for Adriana
  • Latin
  • Etruscan
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1888
    First appearance
    #1,276 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1971
    Adriana Sklenaříková born
    Slovak actress, model and TV presenter
  3. 1981
    Adriana Lima born
    Brazilian model
  4. 2006
    Peak, #107
    3,095 babies named Adriana — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2016
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #216.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Latin or Etruscan, masculine equivalent Adrian.
Namesakes
  • Adriana Lima · Brazilian model, born 1981
  • Adriana Sklenaříková · Slovak actress, model and TV presenter, born 1971
  • Adriana Chechik · American Twitch streamer and former pornographic actress, born 1991
  • Adriana Asti · Italian theatre, film, and voice actress, 1931–2025
  • Adriana Caselotti · American actress, 1916–1997

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.