Adrienne

Where Adrienne comes from

From the French Adrienne, the feminine form of Adrien (equivalent to English Adrian).
— Wiktionary's entry for Adrienne
  • French
  • 3 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #836 among girls — 5 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1929
    Adrienne Rich born
    American poet, essayist and feminist
  3. 1945
    Adrienne Barbeau born
    American actress
  4. 1983
    Peak, #140
    2,077 babies named Adrienne — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1992
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #279.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from French.
Namesakes
  • Adrienne Rich · American poet, essayist and feminist, 1929–2012
  • Adrienne Barbeau · American actress, born 1945
  • Adrienne Clarkson · 26th governor general of Canada, born 1939
  • Adrienne Shelly · American actress, 1966–2006
  • Adrienne Bailon-Houghton · American singer, actress, and television personality, born 1983

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.