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 [ 3 syll. a-drien-ne, ad-rie-nne ] The girl name Adrienne is pronounced as aaDRiyEHN KEY. Adrienne is used chiefly in English and French. Its origin is Latin. Adrienne is a variant of the name Adriana (Czech, English, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slavic, and Spanish). Adrienne is a classic favorite. At present it is still somewhat popular as a baby girl name, but not as much as it was previously. The name's popularity increased from the 1900s up to the 1980s. At the modest height of its usage in 1983, 0.116% of baby girls were named Adrienne. It had a ranking of #140 then. The baby name has slipped in popularity since then. In 2008, its usage was only 0.018% and its ranking #786. Within the family of girl names directly related to Adrienne, Adriana (Czech, English, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slavic, and Spanish) was the most popular. In 2008, it was more regularly used than Adrienne by 7 times. Baby names that sound like Adrienne include Adrien (English), Adriene (English), Adriane (English and German), Adriann (English), Adrianne (English), Adrieanna (English), Adrienn (Hungarian), Adryan (English), Adryanne (English), Adreana (English), Adreanna (Spanish), Adrianna (English and Polish), Adriena (English), Adrienna (English), Audreen (English), Audrene (English), Audrianna (English), and Idarine (English). A famous person named Adrienne is Actress Adrienne Barbeau, born 11 June 1945, Sacramento, California. KEY: Pronunciation for Adrienne: 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)"   |
