Ardian (given name)
Ardian is an Albanian name. Although similar to Adrian, a name of Latin origin, the Albanian name Ardian is a derivation of Ardiaei, the name of an ancient Illyrian people.
Their original inland residence was along the Naro River up to the Konjic region, in present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Ardiana is a feminine form of this name. Abbreviated forms like Ardi and Ardia are in use too.
List of people
Notable people with the name include:- Ardian Behari, Albanian footballer and coach
- Ardian Berisha, Swedish footballer
- Ardian Bujupi, Albanian singer and songwriter
- Ardian Cuculi, ethnic Albanian footballer from Macedonia
- Ardian Đokaj, Montenegrin footballer
- Ardian Fullani, former governor of the Bank of Albania
- Ardian Gashi, Kosovar-Norwegian footballer
- Ardian Gjini, Kosovan politician
- Ardian Gjokaj, ethnic Albanian footballer from Montenegro
- Ardian Ismajli, Kosovan football player
- Ardian Klosi, Albanian publicist, albanologist, writer, translator and social activist
- Adrian Kollozi, Albanian politician
- Ardian Kozniku, ethnic Albanian footballer from Kosovo
- Ardian Limani, Kosovar professional footballer
- Ardian Mema, Albanian footballer
- Ardian Nuhiu, Albanian association footballer
- Ardian Pepa, Albanian sculptor and painter
- Ardian Popa, Albanian footballer
- Ardian Rexhepi, ethnic Albanian footballer from Sweden
- Ardian Syaf, Indonesia comic book artist
- Ardian Turku, Albanian politician, member of the Parliament of Albania, and former mayor of Elbasan
- Ardian Vehbiu, Albanian author and translator
- Ardian Zika, American politician
Albanian ultra nationalist