Adria is a feminine given name, the feminine form of
Adrian
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 ma ...
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Notable women and fictional characters with this name include:
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Women
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Adria Arjona
Adria Arjona Torres (; born April 25, 1992) is an American actress. She played Dorothy Gale in the Oz book adaptation ''Emerald City'' (2017), Anathema Device in ''Good Omens'' (2019), and Bix Caleen in '' Andor'' (2022–2025). She has starr ...
(born 1992), Guatemalan and Puerto Rican actress
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Adria Bernardi, American novelist and translator
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Adria Dawn (born 1974), American actor, writer and producer
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Adria Engel
Adria Engel Raines (born December 21, 1979) is an American former professional tennis player.
Born in Chicago, Engel is of Czech heritage through both of her parents, who were noted sportspeople in their native Czechoslovakia. Her mother played ...
(born 1979), American tennis player
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Adria Kain, Canadian singer
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Adria LaViolette, American archaeologist
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Adria Lawrence
Adria K. Lawrence is an American political scientist and the Aronson Associate Professor of International Studies and Political Science at Johns Hopkins University. She is known for her expertise on colonialism, nationalism, conflict, collectiv ...
, American political scientist and professor
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Adria Locke Langley (1899–1983), American writer
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Adria Petty
Adria Petty (born November 28, 1974) is an American director, editor, art director, and artist. She is best known for her music video work with Beyoncé and Regina Spektor. She is the elder daughter of the late rock musician Tom Petty and his f ...
(born 1974), American director, editor, art director, and artist, daughter of rock musician
Tom Petty
Thomas Earl Petty (October 20, 1950October 2, 2017) was an American singer, songwriter, and musician. He was the leader and frontman of the Rock music, rock bands Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and Mudcrutch and a member of the late 1980s sup ...
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Adria Santana (1948–2011), Cuban actress
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Adria Silva (born 1983), Brazilian Paralympic volleyball player
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Adria Tennor, American actress, writer, and director
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Adria Vasil
Adria Vasil is a Canadian environmental journalist. She is the managing editor aCorporate Knights a sustainable economy magazine circulated in the Globe and Mail, Washington Post and Wall Street Journal. She started writing NOW Magazine's Ecoholic ...
, Canadian environmental journalist
Fictional characters
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Adria (Stargate)
The Ori are fictional characters in the science fiction television series ''Stargate SG-1''. Within the storyline, there are fictional beings described as " ascended" because of their use of advanced technology and knowledge of the universe. T ...
, a villain in the television series ''Stargate SG-1''
* Adria the witch, a character in the ''
Diablo'' video game series
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