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Адам
“earth, man, soil, light brown”
Адам (Adám) is a masculine given name from Old Church Slavonic, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew. It is used in Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Bulgarian, and 2 other languages.
Belarusian and Bulgarian and Macedonian and Russian and Serbian and Serbo-Croatian and Ukrainian and be-tarask and inh and nogWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Adam.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Адам goes back to Biblical Hebrew אָדָם (adam), meaning “earth, man, soil, light brown.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Адам comes from Old Church Slavonic, and ultimately from Biblical Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Old Church Slavonic Адамъ, from Biblical Hebrew אָדָם (adam, “earth, man, soil, light brown”).
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Адам’s family of names
In Russian usage, Адам shares a linguistic root with the Lithuanian form ADOMAS. In Russian usage, Адам has a conventional equivalent in the German form Adam. In Belarusian usage, Адам has a transliteration in Adam.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Адам has relatives in 9 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Slavic roots to each of them.
7 related names in 9 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Адам
- Adam KisielPolish nobleman1600–1653
- Adam MartyniukUkrainian politicianborn 1950
- Adam Lisowski1884–1929
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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