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Adrianne (female)

Variants:Adrienne (F)
Masculine form:Adrian (M)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
"Scottish Forenames" - Donald Whyte, FGH, FSG
Notes:

English feminine form of Adrian, from the Roman Emperor Hadrianus: "man from Hadria [or Adria]" (a town in northern Italy).
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