Given name
Adamnan
“little Adam”
Adamnan is a masculine given name from Old Irish, meaning “little Adam.”
Meaning & origin
How it developed
From Old Irish Adomnán (“little Adam”), built from Old Irish Adam + -án.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
People named Adamnan
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