Fun Facts About the Name Adris
- 56 babies named Adris: U.S. records list 56 babies given the name Adris from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Adris Mean?
Adris is a rare given name, and no firmly established etymology is recorded for it. It is most often explained as a shortened form of Adrian or Adriana. Both of those come from the Latin Hadrianus, meaning "of Hadria" - Hadria being a town in northern Italy, today Adria in the Veneto, which also gave its name to the Adriatic Sea. The origin of the town's own name is uncertain and disputed, so the common gloss of the root as "dark" or "from the water" is a suggestion rather than a settled fact. Where Adris is used as a short form of Adrian or Adriana, its literal meaning is the same: "from Hadria." The same spelling is sometimes used for the unrelated Arabic name Idris, which has its own separate origin; the two should not be treated as one name.
Adris Name History & Origins
Adris is uncommon and turns up in a few separate settings rather than in one continuous tradition. In Baltic usage, where masculine names very often end in -is, Adris appears as a masculine name related to Adrian. Short forms of Adrian are also common in the Balkans and among Albanian speakers, and Adris is one of the spellings used there. Separately, in Arabic-speaking communities, Adris is sometimes a transliteration of Idris, the name of a prophet mentioned in the Qur'an; that name's origin is distinct from the Latin Adrian family. Because the name is rare and its use scattered, the forms that share the spelling need not share a single line of descent.
How Popular is the Name Adris?
Adris has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2022. Its best rank was #7,772 in 2022.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #9,745 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2024 | #10,931 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2022 | #7,772 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2021 | #12,175 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2020 | #10,627 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2019 | #12,176 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2018 | #9,699 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2012 | #12,316 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2011 | #12,327 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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