Boy · Hebrew
Adam
Say it: AD-um
Meaning
Hebrew adam, 'man, humankind', which Genesis connects with adamah 'earth, ground'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Used in medieval England and Scotland and very popular across Europe since the 1970s.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1980s
In the United States
- 564,574 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1984, about 1 in 75 boys
- 3,758 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The Biblical WorldAbout 1200 BC to AD 100
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- The Renaissance1400 to 1600
- The Colonial Americas1500 to 1800
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
HebrewEarly ChristianEnglishAmericanFrenchSpanishItalianPortugueseGermanPolishHungarianScottish
The family of the name
Other spellings: Adem
| French | Adam |
|---|---|
| Spanish | Adán |
| Italian | Adamo |
| Portuguese | Adão |
| German | Adam |
| Polish | Adam |
| Hungarian | Ádám |
| Hebrew | Adam |
Famous bearers
- Adam, the first man in Genesis
- Adam Smith, Scottish economist
- Adam Mickiewicz, Polish poet
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Where this comes from
- The Hebrew Bible and the New Testament
- English poll taxes and lay subsidy rolls (13th and 14th centuries)
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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