From the Adtiatic. Of the Adriatic. A literary name from Shakespeare's Love, where it belongs to s Labours Lost' Don Adriano De Armado, fantastical Spaniard. Dark; Variant of Adrian. From Adria.: (The Adriatic sea region.).
From Adria, the Adriatic sea region. Also means dark. Feminine form of Adrian, from the Latin Hadrianus meaning of Adria, or of the Adriatic. Also means dark.