Given name

Ādams

Ādams is a masculine given name from Hebrew. It is used in Latvian.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Ādams comes from Hebrew.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Ādams’s family of names

In Latvian usage, Ādams has a conventional equivalent in the English form Adam. In Latvian usage, Ādams has a conventional equivalent in the Portuguese form Adão. In Latvian usage, Ādams has a conventional equivalent in the Chinese form 亞當.

Walk Ādams’s family in the name graph

ĀdamsAdamsAdamAdamaAddaAdamoAdamusAdánÁdám亞當Adão

Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

Ādams has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.

ChineseHebrew

3 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Dots on the border stand for languages further away. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 9

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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Sibling ideas

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