She’s one letter short of 80s fave Andrea, and a syllable slimmer than current Italianate chart-topper Adriana.
Thanks to Shannon for suggesting Adria as Baby Name of the Day.
Adria came from the same soup that gave us Hadrian, Adrian and feminine forms like Adrienne.
I named my daughter Adria and while we do get the occasional person saying “Adrienne” or “Andrea”, I am still very pleased with how beautiful and original it is. I call her “A” for short sometimes. I didn’t plan to but it just kind of became a habit at times. 🙂
I *am* an Adria. I’ve never met another one either, and I’m 57 years old! I’ve never been given a nickname from it either, so wouldn’t worry about it. My name is pronounce AY-dree-a, yet I do get a lot of errors from others, with adding an “N” the most usual mistake. I usually say “Adria, no N” when giving my name for a first time. I love my name and was pleased to find this blog about it.
We named our daughter Adria and we receive so many compliments on what a pretty and original name we chose.
Oooh! I was the one who started the nameberry thread ‘Impressions of Adria’ because we were considering it for our first daughter (whom we didn’t name Adria, by the way). Now that we have just had our second daughter, the name Adria is back on the table for consideration. How strange to be reading this blog and find my own original post mentioned! Thank you for this entry!
I think it’s pretty! Much better than Adrianna (or Adrian on a girl). Actually, the first thing it reminded me of is the Sarah McLachlan song “Adia.”
My impressions are that it’s truncated, has a sci-fi feel and is too similar to many other names. Those traits also feel like Adria is a made-up variation.
I’m not sure how to pronounce it either: AY-dree-ah, AH-dree-ah or ADD-ree-ah?
It’s a lovely name, but not very distinctive. Not only will it be misheard as Andrea or Adriane, but it’s yet another name that will be nicknamed as the uber-popular Addie.
Oooo, I love Adria. She is so pretty and mysterious.
I really like Adria, but I’m afraid it’ll always be mistaken for Andrea.
the only time i’ve heard adria used was as in the tv show stargate sg1 (she was an alien queen played by morena baccarin), it is a very pretty name but i feel it would get confused with some of the related longer forms