<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Other names </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Related names </Th> <Td> Adriaan, Adriaen, Adriana, Adriane, Adriano, Adrianus, Adrien, Adrienne, Arie, Jadran, Jadranko </Td> </Tr> <P> Adrian is a form of the Latin given name Adrianus or Hadrianus . Its ultimate origin is most likely via the former river Adria from the Venetic and Illyrian word adur, meaning' sea' or' water' . The Adria was until the 8th century BC the main channel of the Po River into the Adriatic Sea but ceased to exist before the 1st century BC . Hecataeus of Miletus (c. 550 - c. 476 BC) asserted that both the Etruscan harbor city of Adria and the Adriatic Sea had been named after it . Emperor Hadrian's family was named after the city or region of Adria / Hadria, now Atri, in Picenum, which most likely started as an Etruscan or Greek colony of the older harbor city of the same name . </P> <P> Several saints 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, although it did not become common until modern times . </P>

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