Adhamhnán

Boy · Hebrew, through Old Irish

Adhamhnán

Say it: AW-uv-nawn

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Meaning

Diminutive of Adam, Hebrew 'man' or 'earth'.

Likelythe main view, with some doubt.

Its wave through time

No birth counts are recorded for this name in the records loaded here: it has been given to fewer than five babies a year, or not at all, since records began.

Through the ages

  1. The Early Middle Ages400 to 800

Used by

IrishScottish

The family of the name

Other spellings: Adomnán

EnglishEunan

Famous bearers

  • Saint Adomnán, abbot of Iona and biographer of Columba

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Where this comes from

  • Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies

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