Adrianov (russian: Адриа́нов; masculine) or Adrianova (; feminine) is a Russian
last name.
[Ganzhina, p. 15] Variants of this last name include Andriankin/Andriankina (/),
Andrianov/Andrianova (/),
Andrin
Andrin (russian: А́ндрин; masculine) or Andrina (; feminine) is a Russian last name.Ganzhina, p. 15 It can be either a variant of the last name Adrianov, or be derived from the Christian first names Andrey and Andronik.
The last na ...
/Andrina (/), Andreyash (),
Andriyashev/Andriyasheva (/), and
Andriyashin/Andriyashina (/).
All these last name derive from various forms of the male first name
Adrian, which comes from
Latin ''Adrianus'', meaning ''an inhabitant of
Adria'' (cf.
Adriatic Sea).
The forms starting with "An-" have likely formed by analogy with the names like
Andrey and
Andron.
;People with the last name
*
Alexander Adrianov
Alexander is a male given name. 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 Aleksandar, Al ...
,
Governor-General of Moscow, Russia in 1908–1915
*Dmitry Adrianov, leader of the Balakovo branch of the
Federation of Jewish Communities of the CIS
*
Irene Adrianova, 2004
darts World Master
*
Samuil Adrianov, ballet dancer; first husband of
Elizaveta Gerdt
*Vladimir Adrianov, designer of the
Adrianov compass
The Adrianov compass (russian: Компас Адрианова) is a military compass designed by Russian Imperial Army topographist in 1907. Wrist-worn versions of the compass were then adopted and widely used by the Red and Soviet Army. S ...
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
References
Notes
Sources
*И. М. Ганжина (I. M. Ganzhina). "Словарь современных русских фамилий" (''Dictionary of Modern Russian Last Names''). Москва, 2001.
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