Given name · Aramaic · Hebrew

אדם

“blood”

אדם (adám) is a masculine given name from Hebrew. It is used in Hebrew and Aramaic.

Aramaic and HebrewWritten in Hebrew script, read right to left. In English: Adam.

Meaning & origin

What it means

אדם goes back to a word meaning “blood.”

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Where it comes from

אדם comes from Hebrew.

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How it developed

From Hebrew א־ד־ם.

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אדם’s family of names

In Hebrew usage, אדם has a conventional equivalent in the German form Adam. In Hebrew usage, אדם has a transliteration in Adam.

Walk אדם’s family in the name graph

אדםAdamAdámܐܕܡאָדָם

Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 2

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

Across languages 1

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

Similar names

If you love אדם, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

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Thamah

“wipe clean” · “strike”

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Lamec

“to make small”

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Hebrew · Biblical

Japhlet

“he will deliver”

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Hebrew

Neemia

“consolation of Yahweh”

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Hebrew · Biblical

Dumah

“(deadly) silence”

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>99% boys

Hebrew

Ilìa

“Jah is my God”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

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