Entry № 173 · French origin

Adrienne Adrienne — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

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Gender
Girl
Origin
French
Meaning
"From Adria"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Modern (French)

A name that means "from adria".

Adrienne is the French feminine of Adrian — "of the city Hadria." Adrienne Rich (1929-2012) was the American poet and essayist who became one of the voices of second-wave feminism and lesbian literature.

Won every major American poetry award.

From Adria — a French name.

The name in its native script.

Adrienne
Transliteration
Adrienne
Pronunciation
/ ˌeɪ.driˈɛn /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Adrienne stands.

Adrienne does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Adriennes before her.

Real people
Adrienne Rich
American poet.
1929 – 2012
In fiction
Adrienne
Diving into the Wreck.
1973

Names connected to Adrienne.

The number behind Adrienne.

7

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Adrienne reduce to 7, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.