Definition of "Adrian"

Adrian

/ˈeɪ.dɹiː.ən/

proper noun
1. A male given name from Latin or Etruscan.
  Quotations
  Which, of he, or Adrian, for a good wager, / Firſt begins to crow ?
  1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act II, scene i]
  "My only worth will be in always remembering to do the thing that pleases you; and yet, although I don't really like Adie, it has a more home-like, more whisperable sound than Adrian. Adrian is a grand, heroic sort of a name, yet what a beautiful name it is.
  1874, Bertha de Jongh, The Sisters Lawless, by the author of Rosa Noel, page 245
  His baptismal register spoke of him pessimistically as John Henry, but he had left that behind with the other maladies of infancy, and his friends knew him under the front-name of Adrian.
  1912, Saki, Adrian
  I'm afraid neither of us was looking where we were going. We Adrians are notoriously abstracted, are we not?
  1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, London: Heinemann, page 57
2. (rare) A female given name from Latin (compare Adriana, Adrianna, Adrienne).
3. A surname.
4. A village in Livada, Satu Mare County, Romania.
5. A village in Gurghiu, Mureș County, Romania.
6. A number of places in the United States:
  1. A city in Emanuel County and Johnson County, Georgia.
  2. An unincorporated community in Rock Creek Township, Hancock County, Illinois.
  3. A city, the county seat of Lenawee County, Michigan.
  4. A city in Nobles County, Minnesota, United States.
  5. A city in Bates County, Missouri.
  6. A hamlet in Steuben County, New York.
  7. An unincorporated community in Big Spring Township, Seneca County, Ohio.
  8. A city in Malheur County, Oregon.
  9. An unincorporated community in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania.
  10. A city in Oldham County, Texas.
  11. An unincorporated community in Grant County, Washington.
  12. An unincorporated community in Upshur County, West Virginia.
  13. A town in Monroe County, Wisconsin.
7. A neighborhood of Saint John, United States Virgin Islands.
adjective
comparative more Adrian, superlative most Adrian
1. Relating to the Adriatic Sea.