Message: "Adria" - Behind the Name

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[Opinions] Adria

by rem

10/3/2020, 9:35 PM

Oooh, I like Adria. Adriana is too much for me. I think I just am not drawn to names ending in -ana.

I love Audra but can't use as it's a friend's name. Adria is nicely similar.

I've only ever known one Adrian, on a very feminine and graceful girl, so I suppose that has shaped my view of the name as feminine. But I really like Adria better. Thank you.

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- mirfak +3

10/4/2020, 11:27 AM

I love Audra too.

I once met a child named Adria when I took my own kids to the park. Her mother said that if Adria had been a boy she would have been an Adrian. I can't understand why Adria isn't more popular. It's very usable! It's better than Aria or Ava, IMO.

- rem +2

10/4/2020, 11:39 AM

So now I'm wondering...

How would it be pronounced?

Ay-dree-uh

Aaa in apple, Aaaa-dree-uh

Or ah in father, Ahhh-dree-uh

I could see it being pronounced multiple ways, which would get tiresome.

- Dracotorix

10/4/2020, 1:19 PM

Knowing it's a form of Adrian I would say AY-dree-uh, but if I just saw Adria on its own I might say the A like apple.

- mirfak

10/4/2020, 1:05 PM

I just naturally say it like Adrian without the n: AY-dree-uh
That's how the mother I met said her daughter's name.
Adrian is different in other languages, so Adria would be as well - it's a nonissue IMO, IRL people almost always learn names by hearing before they read them.

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