Adrianna History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Etymology of Adrianna

A variety of distinguished and notable names have emerged from the beautiful and historical Italian region of Tuscany, including the notable surname Adrianna. During the Middle Ages, as populations grew and travel between regions became more frequent, people in Tuscany, who had been going by a single name, found it necessary to adopt a second name to identify themselves and their families. This process of adopting fixed hereditary surnames in Italy began in the 10th and 11th centuries, but it was not completed until the modern era. The patronymic surname, which is derived from the father's given name, was one of the most common name types of name created in this region. The surname Adrianna was created from the given name Hadrianus or son or descendant of Hadrianus.

Early Origins of the Adrianna family

Early History of the Adrianna family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Adrianna research. The years 1464, 1498, 1512, 1513 and 1521 are included under the topic Early Adrianna History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Adrianna Spelling Variations

Enormous variation in spelling and form characterizes those Italian names that originated in the medieval era. This is caused by two main factors: regional tradition, and inaccuracies in the recording process. Before the last few hundred years, scribes spelled names according to their sounds. Spelling variations were the unsurprising result. The variations of Adrianna include Adriano and Adriani. and others.

Early Notables of the Adrianna family

Prominent among members of the family was Marcello Adriani, who was Secretary of the Republic from 1498 until 1512. Marcello Adriani, born in Florence in 1464, was a humanist and Statesman who specialized in Classical languages. He held the position...
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Migration of the Adrianna family

Discovered in the immigration and passenger lists were a number of people bearing the name Adrianna: Pietro Adriani who arrived in Illinois in 1877 at the age of 26, and another Adriani who arrived at an Eastern port around the turn of the century.