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Given Name ADRIANA
GENDER: Feminine
USAGE: 
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PRONOUNCED: ahd-RYAH-nah (Italian, Spanish, Polish), ayd-ree-AN-ə (English)   
Meaning & History
Feminine form of .
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Form of Hadrianus (see ). Several  and six popes have borne this name, including the only English pope, Adrian IV, and the only Dutch pope, Adrian VI. As an English name, it has been in use since the Middle Ages, though it was not popular until modern times.
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From the Roman  Hadrianus, which meant "from Hadria" in Latin. Hadria was a town in northern Italy (it gave its name to the Adriatic Sea). A famous bearer of the name was Publius Aelius Hadrianus, better known as Hadrian, a 2nd-century Roman emperor who built a wall across northern Britain.
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Given Name DANIEL

GENDER: Masculine
USAGE: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,, , , , , 
OTHER SCRIPTS:  (Hebrew),  (Bulgarian, Macedonian),  (Armenian),  (Georgian),  (Ancient Greek)
PRONOUNCED: DAN-yəl (English), dah-nee-EL (Jewish), dan-YEL (French), DAH-nee-el (German), DAHN-yel (Polish)   
Meaning & History
From the Hebrew name  (Daniyyel) meaning "God is my judge". Daniel was a Hebrew prophet whose story is told in the Book of Daniel in the . He lived during the Jewish captivity in Babylon, where he served in the court of the king, rising to prominence by interpreting the king's dreams. The book also presents Daniel's four visions of the end of the world.

 

Due to the popularity of the biblical character, the name came into use in England during the Middle Ages. Though it became rare by the 15th century, it was revived after the . Famous bearers of this name include English author Daniel Defoe (1660-1731), Swiss mathematician Daniel Bernoulli (1700-1782), and American frontiersman Daniel Boone (1734-1820).
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