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Hadrian or Adrian?
Which do you prefer? Hadrian or Adrian?
Do you prefer a different spelling?
What kind of impressions do you get from each name?
Thanks
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I prefer Adrian, on the assumption that the ancient Romans would have dropped the H anyway. So I'd use Hadrian for the emperor who built the Wall, and Adrian for everyone else, unless they were French in which case I'd use Adrien.I like Adrian enough to use as a fn.
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I was uncertain if the H was silent. I know that in Greek it would have been silent. I was going to eventually look it up.
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Can't remember who wrote it - my Latin is far in the past! - but there's a cheeky poem, possibly by Catullus, about someone from the provinces who caused amusement in Rome by pronouncing the H in, for instance, the Hadriatic Sea!What's going on in modern US English? Is it only herb that turns into erb, or are other words starting with H doing the same? I seem to have heard others on CNN, but can't be sure.
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Just the usual - honor (honest honorary), homage, heir, hour. And human, humility - in certain American accents.
Occasionally you hear an hotel, an hospital - but I have not noticed that increasing.
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guessing 'huge' is on that list too for some areas?
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lol yes! Yooge.*sigh*
how could I forget
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Lol!
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during science lessons in fifth grade, my teacher would say "an hypothesis"... >.
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Did the teacher pronounce the H? I've heard people say "an" and then pronounce the H, too. Silliness.
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yeah, she did. I never liked her anyway. lol
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AdrianHadrian strikes me as somewhere between imperial Roman bombast and a smush of Hayden and Adrian.
Adrian seems sort of softspoken to me, maybe witty or artsy or sporty, very manly but not all butch and gendery.
I also feel like saying "Hadrian" out loud feels a little effortful. Even saying Adrian aloud is a little effortful, and the initial H makes it even more noticeable to me.
Adrian is one of my favorite names.

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Oh definitely Hadrian. It's so much more interesting! Adrian has a curious lack of personality for me, it's like the inoffensive eggshell white of an office boardroom wall. Hadrian has a lot more soul. I'd love to meet a Hadrian.
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As I expect you know, our Prime Minister has a son named Hadrian. I like the name best, as well. (don't suppose I will meet the child, though).
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Hadrian! It's much more fun. Adrians are run-of-the-mill beside Hadrians (and also slightly nerdy). Hadrian is bold and original.
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AdrianI don't like Hadrian at all! Adrian (with that spelling) ftw!
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I much prefer Hadrian, with that spelling.
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Definitely AdrianI absolutely adore the name Adrian (this spelling) I do not care for Hadrian at allThe choice is simple for me
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