Comments for the name Adriana

A famous bearer is Brazilian supermodel Adriana Lima who was born in 1981 at Salvador de Bahia, Brazil. Adriana is of Portugese, French, Native American and Caribbean heritage.

Famous bearer of the name: Adriana Calcanhoto (a Brazilian singer).

Adriana has many meanings, the most common are 'dark' or 'rich'. Two other meanings that are more interesting are "A woman from Adria" and "Mujer del mar" (meaning 'woman of the sea'). Adria is a town near the Adriatic sea so the meanings are somewhat related.

Adriana is absolutely gorgeous, only said ah-dree-AH-nah.

Slovak supermodel Adriana Sklenaøíková also bears this name.

I love this name! It's so pretty!

I'm not sure whether I prefer "ad-ree-anna" or "ay-dree-anna", but either way it's a gorgeous name.

This is a beautiful name, but a few friends of mine who have just had baby girls named their daughters Adriana or Ariana - there are now 2 Adriana Jaydens, 1 Adriana Jailin, 2 Ariana Jailyn, and 1 Jailin Adriana. Just seems that a lot of people like those A and J's put together.

I have to say something, because one person mentioned the Adriana's and all the J's. My parents liked the names Adriana, Jayne, Lily, Angela, Rose, and Jana. They couldn't decide. They ended up having having twins, me and my sister. My name is Adriana LilyJayne, and my sister's is Angela JanaRose. Of course, LilyJayne and JanaRose are our middle names, so people just call us Adriana and Angela.

Adriana (played by Drea DeMatteo) was Christopher Moltisanti's perpetual fiancee on the Sopranos. (The character was "whacked" after turning FBI informant.)

No offense but I just don't like this name. It sounds cold and standoffish.

I believe spelling this name with only one N instead of two makes the name flow better. One word: BEAUTIFUL.

I love it! And, I would pronounce it Ay dree ah nuh. I don't like Ah dree ah nuh. I have a combo, which is Adriana Simone.

I love the name Adriana! It's so beautiful that I gave it to my daughter Adriana Janelle. I like all the pronunciations except ones that end with "anna" instead of "ana".

Adriana is also the Czech and Slovak form. [noted -ed]
Name Day: 26th June (in the Czechia).

Also used in Slovenia, though not as common as Adrijana.

Adriana Iliescu was 66 when she gave birth to a girl.

I love this name. It's a beautifull name.

Adriana is the name of a character in the series DIVE, by Gordan Korman.

There is a model for Maybelline New York named Adriana.

A famous bearer was American actress Adriana Caselotti (May 16, 1916 - January 19, 1997). She provided the voice for Snow White in the 1937 Disney film 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.'

The name is pretty, but I wouldn't really use such a Catholic name, as I don't like religions at all. Besides, the model Adriana Lima has ruined this name.

I love the name Adriana, it's beautiful and unlike other gorgeous names, it's not overused. I would definitely give my daughter (if I am blessed to have one) this name. This is also the name of Melissa (Gallo) Fumero's character on "One Life to Live".

Simply beautiful, so feminine and elegant.

Actress Adriana Neubauer.

Model Adriana Josefik.

It's pretty but a bit too serious for me. I wouldn't name my daughter this because it sounds so serious and almost too like you're trying too hard to give a beautiful elegant name, if that makes sense. I wouldn't want to call a child this in public constantly like "audriana, audriana, audriana" a bit of a mouthful. It also lacks youthfulness. But it's much classier than names like Brittney, Chrystal, Brandi, Hunter etc.

I think this name is absolutely gorgeous. I think I will name my future daughter Adriana Chloe, and have her go by Chloe so she can have the strong, regal first name, but she has Chloe as a cute name to go by as a little girl/teenager and probably adult just because then she would be accustomed to it.

I think Adriana is a gorgeous name, strong, mature and very feminine. It reminds me of Adriatic sea. Italian and Spanish pronunciation works best for me, because it rolls of the tongue so nicely. I don't really like English pronunciation, but that's just me.

It is very classy and beautiful. I just think it is way too common.

Adriana, feminine form of Adrian, means "Woman of Sea".

It's pretty, I like it.

I've only heard it pronounced 'Aydr-ee-ahna' like Adrienne + Ana. It's still a pretty name though. :)

This name is so overused in Brazil. I remember having two or three Adrianas in every class. It's a nice name, though I am a little bored with it.

Nicknames:
Addie
Adie
Ana
Anna
Ria.