Adria

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 15 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Adria is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name67K records spelled Adria11 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Brazil, Spain, United Kingdom

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Adrià, Adriá, AdriÃ, Ádria, Adriă

• French given name18K records spelled Adria61 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Spain, United States, Belgium

  Languages: French, Catalan, Arabic

  Also written Adrien, Adrianus, Adrià, อาเดรียน, Adríen

• a separate given name2.8K records spelled Adria4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Spain, United Kingdom, Canada

  Also written Adrià, Adriá, Ádria

57 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Adria is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, Biblical name

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• English: modern feminine form of ADRIAN .

  as a word

• In German, Adriatic Sea (a sea and arm of the Mediterranean Sea, stretching north from the Ionian Sea to Venice, separating the Italian and Balkan Peninsulas)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In izh, meal

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 113 years between 1910–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Adria Locke Langleyb. 1899USAmerican writer (1899–1983)
• Adria Vasilb. 1901CACanadian journalist
• Adria Santanab. 1948CUCuban actor (1948-2011)
• Adria Bernardib. 1957USAmerican translator
• Adria Dawnb. 1974USAmerican actor, writer, producer and educator
• Adria Pettyb. 1974USAmerican film director
• Adria Arjonab. 1992USAmerican actress (born 1992)
• Adria TennorAmerican actress, writer, and director
• Rachel A. KatzenellenbogenUSnot in their usual nameassociate professor of microbiology & immunology
• Adria TissoniITItalian translator

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 385 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Adria?

We estimate roughly 39 thousand people bear Adria (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.

In which country does Adria have the most bearers?

We estimate about 17 thousand people bear Adria in Spain, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled adria.

Where is Adria most common?

Adria is densest in Spain, where the national register counts about 1 in 2.9 thousand people carrying it.

Is Adria a male or female name?

Adria is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.

What does the name Adria mean?

Recorded meaning: Adria (a town and comune of Rovigo, Veneto, Italy, situated on the site of an Etruscan city of the same name)