Baby name
FADING
🇺🇸 🇳🇱 🇧🇪 Adriaan
/AH · dree · ahn/
Meaning
“Of the Adriatic sea”
Dutch form of Adrian/Hadrian, from Latin Hadrianus meaning 'from Hadria', a city in northern Italy.
Nicknames
ad · adri
Vibe
gentle
How it ages.
Quintessentially Dutch, solid and respectable in the Netherlands.
The cultural moment.
Standard in the Netherlands; rarely used outside Dutch-speaking regions where Adrian is preferred.