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 [ syll. a-drien, ad-ri-en ] The boy name Adrien is also used as a girl name, but it is much more common for boys. Its pronunciation is aaDRiyEHN KEY. Adrien is largely used in the Hungarian and French languages, and its origin is Hebrew and Latin. Adrien is a French variant of the name Adrian (English, German, Polish, Romanian, and Russian). Adrien is also a Hungarian variant of the name Adam (Arabic, Dutch, English, French, German, Polish, Romanian, and Russian). Adrien is somewhat popular as a baby name for boys. The name's popularity has been growing since the 1990s; before that, it was of irregular use only. Its usage peaked modestly in 2008 with 0.015% of baby boys being given the name Adrien. Its ranking then was #727. Among the group of boy names directly linked to Adrien, Adrian (English, German, Polish, Romanian, and Russian) was the most frequently used in 2008. Its use outnumbered Adrien's by 25 times in that year. Adrien has in the past century been predominantly given to boys. Baby names that sound like Adrien include Adriaan (Dutch), Adriaen (Dutch), Ottorino (Italian), and Adriano (Italian and Spanish). A famous person named Adrien is Actor, Adrien Brody, born 14 April 1973, New York, New York. KEY: approx English pronunciation for Adrien: AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; D as in "dee (D.IY)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"   |
