Andrian
A rarer spelling of Adrian, from the Greek for someone out of Hadria, near the Adriatic coast. Fewer than 500 Polish men carry it, so most people here have never met one.
Andrian Pronunciation
Andrian is pronounced AHNDR-yahn (/ˈandrjan/).
What Andrian means
Where Andrian comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Andrian sits one letter away from Adrian, the variant most Polish readers will recognize first. Both names lead back to Hadria, a settlement near the Adriatic, and the short meaning holds onto that ground: someone coming from the Adriatic region. The origin is Greek. So the name began as a marker of place, a way of saying where a person belonged rather than what they were like.
The feminine form, Adriana, opens the same name to daughters, and the three circulate together on class registers and imieniny cards. A teacher reading roll call might pause at Andrian, since Adrian turns up far more often. Then the list moves on. The extra letter changes very little in the sound.
What the name means today is geography turned into a person. It does not describe a temperament or a virtue. It tells you a place: from Hadria, near that stretch of sea.
How many people are named Andrian
1 in 44939 men in Poland is named Andrian. 475 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1355 among male names.
Andrian's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been climbing since 2025.
Where Andrian is most popular
Andrian is most popular in Silesian, 850% above the national average (2 boys born 2019–2025).
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Andrian as a middle name
Andrian is a first name for 475 men in Poland and a middle name for another 2, a 100/0 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 7178th, between Andrean (2) and Andrija (2).
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#7176 Andonis2
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#7177 Andrean2
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#7178 Andrian2
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#7179 Andrija2
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#7180 Andrzej Bobola2