Given name
Adán
“earth, man, soil, light brown”
Adán is a masculine given name from Hebrew, meaning “earth, man, soil, light brown.” It is used in Spanish and Asturian.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
From Hebrew אָדָם (adam, “earth, man, soil, light brown”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Adán’s family of names
Adán developed from Adam. In Spanish usage, Adán has a conventional equivalent in the Walloon form Adan. In Spanish usage, Adán has a conventional equivalent in the English form Adam.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Adán has relatives in 39 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.
19 related names in 39 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 22
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Adán
- Adan CantoMexican actor (1981–2024)
- Adán GodoyChilean footballer1936–2026
- Adán BalbínPeruvian footballerborn 1986
- Adán MartínSpanish politician (1943–2010)
- Adán JodorowskyMexican-French musicianborn 1979
- Adán ChávezVenezuelan politicianborn 1953
- Adán VergaraChilean footballerborn 1981
- Adán GurdielSpanish footballerborn 1993
- Adán PérezSpanish footballerborn 1989
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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