Adrianov (; masculine) or Adrianova (; feminine) is a Russian

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.Ganzhina, p. 15 Variants of this last name include Andriankin/Andriankina (/),

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/Andrianova (/), Andrin/Andrina (/), Andreyash (), Andriyashev/Andriyasheva (/), and Andriyashin/Andriyashina (/). All these last name derive from various forms of the male first name

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 ...

, which comes from

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''Adrianus'', meaning ''an inhabitant of

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'' (cf.

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). The forms starting with "An-" have likely formed by analogy with the names like

Andrey Andrey (Андрей) is a masculine given name predominantly used in Slavic languages, including Belarusian, Bulgarian, and Russian. The name is derived from the ancient Greek Andreas (Ἀνδρέας), meaning "man" or "warrior". In Eastern ...

and

Andron Andron () is the name of a number of different people in classical antiquity: *Andron of Alexandria, a writer whose work entitled ''The Years'' (Χρονικὰ) is referred to by Athenaeus around the late 2nd century BCE. * of Catania, an ancient ...

. ;People with the last name *

Alexander Adrianov Alexander () is a male name of Greek origin. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are A ...

, Governor-General of Moscow, Russia in 1908–1915 *Dmitry Adrianov, leader of the Balakovo branch of the

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* Irene Adrianova, 2004 darts World Master * Samuil Adrianov, ballet dancer; first husband of Elizaveta Gerdt *Vladimir Adrianov, designer of the Adrianov compass used by the Russian Imperial Army *Yevdokia Adrianova, a peasant Russian woman involved with the re-appearance of Our Lady Derzhavnaya, an 18th-century Russian icon

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*И. М. Ганжина (I. M. Ganzhina). "Словарь современных русских фамилий" (''Dictionary of Modern Russian Last Names''). Москва, 2001. {{surname Russian-language surnames Patronymic surnames Surnames from given names