Although similar to Adrian, a name of Latin[1] origin, the Albanian name Ardian (Ardjan and Ardijan being other variants) is a derivation of Ardiaei, the name of an ancient Illyrian people.
[2] Their original inland residence was along the Naro River (modern river Neretva, also known as Narenta in ancient times) up to the Konjic region, in present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina.
[3] Ardiana is a feminine form of this name.
Abbreviated forms like Ardi and Ardia are in use too.
Notable people with the name include: • Ardian Xhemaili (born 2001) Albanian ultra nationalist