Adriana

See also: Adriána

English

Alternative forms

• Adrianna

Etymology

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Doublet of Adrienne and Adrian.

Proper noun

Adriana

1. A female given name from Latin or Etruscan, a feminine form of Adrian.
   • c. 1594 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Comedie of Errors”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:

     Some other mistress hath thy sweet aspects, / I am not Adriana, nor thy wife

Related terms

• Adrienne

Translations

female given name

• Franco-Provençal: Adriyêne
• French: Adrienne (fr)

Czech

Proper noun

Adriana f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Adriana

Declension

Declension of Adriana (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	Adriana	Adriany
genitive	Adriany	Adrian
dative	Adrianě	Adrianám
accusative	Adrianu	Adriany
vocative	Adriano	Adriany
locative	Adrianě	Adrianách
instrumental	Adrianou	Adrianami

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.driˈa.na/
• Rhymes: -ana
• Hyphenation: A‧dri‧à‧na

Proper noun

Adriana f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Adriana

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ad.riˈaː.na/, [äd̪riˈäːnä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ad.riˈa.na/, [äd̪riˈäːnä]

Proper noun

Adriāna f (genitive Adriānae); first declension

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Adriana

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	Adriāna	Adriānae
genitive	Adriānae	Adriānārum
dative	Adriānae	Adriānīs
accusative	Adriānam	Adriānās
ablative	Adriānā	Adriānīs
vocative	Adriāna	Adriānae

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.dɾiˈɐ̃.nɐ/ [a.dɾɪˈɐ̃.nɐ], (faster pronunciation) /aˈdɾjɐ̃.nɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.dɾiˈɐ̃.nɐ/ [a.dɾɪˈɐ̃.nɐ], (faster pronunciation) /aˈdɾjɐ̃.nɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.dɾiˈɐ.na/ [a.dɾɪˈɐ.na], (faster pronunciation) /aˈdɾjɐ.na/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.dɾiˈɐ.nɐ/ [ɐ.ðɾiˈɐ.nɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ɐˈdɾjɐ.nɐ/ [ɐˈðɾjɐ.nɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.dɾiˈɐ.nɐ/ [ɐ.ðɾiˈɐ.nɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ɐˈdɾjɐ.nɐ/ [ɐˈðɾjɐ.nɐ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.dɾiˈa.nɐ/ [ɐ.ðɾiˈa.nɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ɐˈdɾja.nɐ/ [ɐˈðɾja.nɐ]

Proper noun

Adriana f

1. a female given name from Latin [in turn from Etruscan], equivalent to English Adriana

Related terms

• Adriano

 

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /adriǎna/

Proper noun

Adriàna f (Cyrillic spelling Адриа̀на)

1. a female given name

Declension

    Declension of Adriana

	singular	plural
nominative	Adriana	Adriane
genitive	Adriane	Adriana
dative	Adriani	Adrianama
accusative	Adrianu	Adriane
vocative	Adriano	Adriane
locative	Adriani	Adrianama
instrumental	Adrianom	Adrianama

Further reading

• “Adriana”, in Portal suvremenih hrvatskih osobnih imena [Portal of contemporary Croatian personal names] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2018–2024

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈdɾjana/ [aˈð̞ɾja.na]
• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: A‧dria‧na

Proper noun

Adriana f

1. a female given name from Latin [in turn from Etruscan], equivalent to English Adriana

Related terms

• Adrián